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Topic: Replacing tuner buttons on 1949 Gibson BR-9 |
Steve Ahola
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Concord, California
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2011 1:16 pm |
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| I was reluctant to try and replace tuner buttons on a couple of my old lap steels but once you do it, it'a a piece of cake. Stew Mac has directions on their website. |
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Steve Ahola
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Concord, California
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Posted 5 Aug 2011 2:25 pm
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Thanks for the link! It looks great- only I would recommend not holding the button in your hand while enlarging the hole with a drill. Just reading that was very painful. 
It is simple enough to measure the depth of the existing hole and mark that on your drill bit (blue masking tape works great). I would wrap the button with a small piece of a shop rag and then use needle nose vise grips set to hold it loosely. That way I could expect to have all of my fingers and thumbs intact when I was done.
Between that article and the instructions at Stew-Mac I will definitely give it a shot! |
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Joe Snow
From:
Argyle,Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2011 2:40 pm
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| heat the shaft, push the new buttons on. works like a charm. |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 6 Aug 2011 5:12 am
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Heating the shaft only works for plastic buttons because they can melt.
The imitation ivory buttons do not melt at all and are much harder.
Some tuners have small "wings" on their shafts.
I used a Dremel tool to create tiny slots in the buttons for a tight fit. |
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Steve Ahola
From:
Concord, California
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 6 Aug 2011 9:40 pm
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Those are exact replacement for the Kluson tuners used on my Fender Champion. I have not tried them on a BR-9, but they were the standard "go-to" tuners for most guitars in that era.
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A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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