monadog said:
Thanks for the pic. Ever notice that the hole spacing is not uniform? Now for the $64,000 question. Where can i get a set, new or used?
Monadog
It's my understanding that nobody's made tuners with this footprint for quite some time. Vintage Grovers and Klusons are being reproduced by several companies, (including Waverly!), but nobody's making these that I know of. As a consequence, I'm afraid usable vintage ones will be costly.
I'm pretty sure I spy two sets of them in
this lot of tuners on eBay. One set looks complete with a bent shaft on one tuner, the other set is missing gears and tuning posts for 4 of the 6 tuners. Neither set has the tuner buttons in place. They look scuzzy but you might have enough parts b/w the two sets to make a functional set of tuners and you
can buy replacement buttons from a place like Stewart MacDonald, though they'll be plastic...
Now, depending on your situation, you might be better off forgetting this, lol. If yours have already been replaced w/ something else, I'd be inclined to live with what's there now, or if the Grovers/Shallers/etc. on it are worn out, replace them w/ new versions of the same. On the other hand, if you have a guitar in pieces that's missing tuners but has never had a different set on it, it's really tough to be the first person to drill extra holes in a vintage guitar...
[EDIT/Update].
Looks like there is something new on the market. I'd snag some of these if I were you. Price is reasonable, footprint looks right, but plastic buttons and a fancier patter on the base plates... Still, they ought to work much better than a scrounged up set of half-shot vintage ones.