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Old 04-14-2021, 06:49 PM
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Default Replacing Gotoh tuning buttons on a Lowden

I’ve done this once before, but had kind of a suboptimal seating. Any good place to order the buttons? Lowden uses those stock squarish buttons and I’d like to use the curvy ones instead.

The thought had occurred to me to put a new 12:1 banjo tuner on throw E a la Jon Gomm.... 😁
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I've used these from Luthier's Mercantile, and these from Guitar Parts Factory.
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Charis Guitars also have some very nice tuner buttons...although they seem to be low on available inventory at the moment.

https://www.charisacoustic.com/charis-tuner-buttons
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Charis Guitars also have some very nice tuner buttons...although they seem to be low on available inventory at the moment.

https://www.charisacoustic.com/charis-tuner-buttons
+1 on this recommendation; I put these on two of my guitars that were upgraded to Gotoh 510s. These aren't exactly cheap, but very nice.
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I've used these from Luthier's Mercantile, and these from Guitar Parts Factory.
I'm pretty sure that's what I'm looking for, thanks so much....
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