Nostalgic Distortion
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Alright so the G-Force system on my 2015 Gibson L.P. SPECIAL is coming off!!! I guess maybe if I was constantly changing my tunings around or played a lot of slide it would make sense but I spend 95% of the time in standard 440 tuning & the other 5% in drop D so all its doing now is making for a very unstable tuning platform.
I love the look of the vintage style Kluson's & all their look-a-like cousins but they are known for having stability issues as well & the last thing I want to do is go from one bad set of tuners to another! I was a big fan of plain old Grover's for a long time but they've kinda gone downhill since they moved to China. That said the Gibson Modern's are pretty nice even if they are just rebranded Grover's?
I don't necessarily need locking tuners but the more I look into them the more I learn that way. I can get a nice set of Schaller or Sperzel locking tuners relatively cheap & I think they'd do the trick but I do have some concerns about having to ream out the existing holes. I know that whatever I decide to use will require at least one set screw or hole for a pin but that's about as far as I'd like to go with them.
If anyone can suggest something very stable that would fit in the existing holes and require minimal drilling please do!!! It is a Special so if at all possible I'd like to try and keep the vintage keys but I also want something that has a more modern housing and at least a 16-1 gear ratio....
I love the look of the vintage style Kluson's & all their look-a-like cousins but they are known for having stability issues as well & the last thing I want to do is go from one bad set of tuners to another! I was a big fan of plain old Grover's for a long time but they've kinda gone downhill since they moved to China. That said the Gibson Modern's are pretty nice even if they are just rebranded Grover's?
I don't necessarily need locking tuners but the more I look into them the more I learn that way. I can get a nice set of Schaller or Sperzel locking tuners relatively cheap & I think they'd do the trick but I do have some concerns about having to ream out the existing holes. I know that whatever I decide to use will require at least one set screw or hole for a pin but that's about as far as I'd like to go with them.
If anyone can suggest something very stable that would fit in the existing holes and require minimal drilling please do!!! It is a Special so if at all possible I'd like to try and keep the vintage keys but I also want something that has a more modern housing and at least a 16-1 gear ratio....
