need help from Kluson history nerds
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need help from Kluson history nerds
My 64 mustang has double row white button klusons on it.
at some point in its life one broke and a single line kluson white button was replaced.
im trying to figure out when they went from double row to single row? so i can get some kind of idea the age of the repair.
at some point in its life one broke and a single line kluson white button was replaced.
im trying to figure out when they went from double row to single row? so i can get some kind of idea the age of the repair.
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thats a really good question! im not sure tho, i can't remember what my 59 duo sonic had, i think they were single row tho....... i wish i had some pics somewhere to prove or disprove this.
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single line it is! THO!!!! these tuners were not original to this neck! I am alsmot 100 percent sure that they are era correct tho!
im assuming that perhaps around 64 or so kluson switched from the single line to the double.
so in all reality, your guitars replacement tuner could be 6mos to a few years older than the rest of the tuners. this is all just a guess tho, based on what was said earlier.
im assuming that perhaps around 64 or so kluson switched from the single line to the double.
so in all reality, your guitars replacement tuner could be 6mos to a few years older than the rest of the tuners. this is all just a guess tho, based on what was said earlier.
that would make sense!
they didn't use a new one to make a replacement, they used an old one.
thats what I did on my jag-stang when i busted the stock chrome high E string off it back in highschool. I liked the look of the white plastic ones so i got an old vintage one for it. 5 stock metal 1 dirty as fuck old plastic kluson
they didn't use a new one to make a replacement, they used an old one.
thats what I did on my jag-stang when i busted the stock chrome high E string off it back in highschool. I liked the look of the white plastic ones so i got an old vintage one for it. 5 stock metal 1 dirty as fuck old plastic kluson
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Take a look here.... Dr. Vintage - Kluson Tuners
I know it's mainly for Gibsons, but you may pull some good info from it.
I know it's mainly for Gibsons, but you may pull some good info from it.
yeah klusons are crimped on the base. the cover on schaller F tuners just sits over the gears and can be easily removed. early fullterton made F tuners are more firmly affixed, although I've heard some people have pulled them off with some effort. myself, once I saw how difficult they were to remove I just left them.