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Old 05-23-2019, 08:35 AM
djcarolino djcarolino is offline
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Default Waverly Tuners with different knobs

I have a Collings C10 with its stock nickel waverly tuners. I like the look of ivoroid knobs compared to nickel and was planning to replace them with the same waverly tuners just with the ivoroid knobs. If I was replaced these, would it compromise the tone of the guitar/tuning stability even if its the direct replacement but just with the different knobs. Thanks in advance!
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Old 05-23-2019, 09:04 AM
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Stewmac lists the weight of the Waverly tuners they sell. A tuner with a different knob is usually within .01 gram of the other, per tuner. In other words, not a significant weight difference.

Keep the originals if you think you'll ever sell the guitar. Some buyers prefer everything to be stock.
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Old 05-23-2019, 09:34 AM
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..I prefer the look of oval knobs to butterbeans and have swapped out Waverly tuners on 3 or 4 guitars with no noticeable difference in tone...and I doubt it would make any difference in resale value so I always sell the butterbeans to offset the cost of the replacements...
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Old 05-23-2019, 03:08 PM
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I have a Collings C10 with its stock nickel waverly tuners. I like the look of ivoroid knobs compared to nickel and was planning to replace them with the same waverly tuners just with the ivoroid knobs. If I was replaced these, would it compromise the tone of the guitar/tuning stability even if its the direct replacement but just with the different knobs. Thanks in advance!
It's not going to have any impact on anything other than appearance.


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