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Topic: replacment tuner buttons? |
seldomfed
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Colorado
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 8:01 am |
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Need to replace all the tuner buttons on a Magnatone.
Has Klusen tuners, but as it goes - all the buttons have become dust over the years.
Where do I find suitable replacement buttons?
What's the best way to attach them?
mahalo
c
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Chris Kennison
Rhythm Cats - steel, guitar, banjo, dobro
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Jude Reinhardt
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Weaverville, NC
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 8:09 am
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www.stewmac.com
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 8:17 am
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| What's the best way to attach them? |
Chris, after removing the old button, heat up the post with a soldering iron and push the new button onto the post - all the way down.
That's it. 
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 8:50 am
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thanks guys!!!
I also found some on Elderly's site.
c
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Chris Kennison
Rhythm Cats - steel, guitar, banjo, dobro
Gold Canyon, AZ
www.rhythmcatsshow.com
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Rocky Hill
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Prairie Village,Kansas, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 9:12 am
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If you are inclined to change your tuners, Gibson has released new kluson tuners. Called historic spec http://www.darrenriley.com/images/GibTKvintsmall.jpeg
I put a set on my 65 ES-330 Gibson they look great. You can get them at guitar center, about $75.00 a set of 6.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 9:26 am
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| The plastic types are easy to replace, but the ivoriod types are hard and will break if not reamed slightly to fit the tuner shaft. The tuners should be removed from the headstock before attempting to replace the buttons. |
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 12:40 pm Bill, you da man
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Bill, as always, excellent advise! Thanks.
btw, the steel is at a music store of a friend of mine, the owner dropped it off and just wanted it fixed, I knew buttons could be replaced, now I know how!
AND - inside the case (nice OHSC) along with the dust from the old tuners, and an OLD set of 'Hawaiian Guitar Strings' was a white Nick Manoloff bar!! Skinny little dude - I told the store owner I'd give the guy $20 for that old bar - told him it was junk. It's is sort of junk - but cool junk - was dinged a little.
I think my favorite part of finding old lap steels ist that there's always a bar and picks somewhere in the case - sort of like getting the prize in Cracker Jacks! - I've picked up all my flatties that way, and a few interesting steels too.
aloha,
chris
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Rhythm Cats - steel, guitar, banjo, dobro
Gold Canyon, AZ
www.rhythmcatsshow.com
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 4:23 pm
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| Sometimes the new buttons have a square hole but it's really easy to drill a new round hole the size of the tuner shaft. I've tried just drillin out the hole and using a little glue then carefully pressing the button into place, haven't had one come loose yet. |
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