Goiterzan/Amygdalai Lama on Nostr: Ah, I feel like I should have known. The new Framus Vintage tuners seem like Chinese ...

Ah, I feel like I should have known. The new Framus Vintage tuners seem like Chinese crap and they don’t fit, the strip js shorter, the spread is too short for my actual vintage Framus guitar with no ferrules at all.
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I’ve taken the new pegs and wheels off the new strips and put them on the old ones, we’ll see how that works. You can’t change the handles on the old strips, but that side of the gear doesn’t look worn, steel vs brass, I guess. Plus the old handles are bigger and look more original.
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They don’t seem to have been the originals, though, there’s a different set of old screw holes under those strips. - EDIT TO ADD: - wrong! Upon closer inspection, those aren’t screw holes, just the indentations from the rivets that hold the old tuning strips together.
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Now I do think these were the first set. 👍 Original look, new gears, sounds perfect, except the fit isn’t quite. I think the peg holes in the old strips want to be a little bigger for the new pegs, the pegs are standing up at other than perpendicular, leaning towards the guitar a bit. Thinking about it, but it’s a huge PITA, and probably impossible without damaging the handle gears.
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I’m going to see if they work alright this way, fingers crossed.
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Still working on the repair, going to go after the rest of the crack, all the way around, and it might be too hot out for lacquering when that’s done.
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This might keep me busy all summer after all. 💜
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