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ezstrummer

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I have the original tuners on my 79 G37. They work fine but I'm not thrilled with the look of the key stone heads. Does anyone know if there are tuners out there that work with holes I have? or what replacement heads would work with these tuners?
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If they work, leave 'em be.

If you want different tuners, the proper way of going about it is to buy another Guild that has the kind of tuners you want. Glad I could help you solve this dilemma! :cool:
 

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There's a slim chance that the tuners are the same pattern as another set of tuners out there, vintage Les Paul style Klusons being the one most likely to use a double set of holes. These are Japan made Gotoh deluxe tuners, a quick check on the net should answer this, but switching to other tuners often means different tuner bushings, or ferrules, and that's when you start getting into a can of worms.

Grovers use a 10mm/3/8" bore, and the screw, at the bottom only, is pretty close to the hole in the headstock, which would mean doweling all existing screw holes, drilling new screw holes, rather involved, and devaluating to the guitar's collector value, as well as ruining the originality.
 

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I believe those top two tuners have somehow been modified. The little plates extending slightly north of the tuner housings (with mounting screws attached) do not appear to be stock. Can't tell about the other tuners from the photo. If the tuners turn smoothly & hold effectively, it might be best to leave well enough alone.

I have a 1976 G-37 with the same tuners, and they are working quite well after I swapped out some of the washers & screws from a set of Grover Rotomatics. The parts were a perfect fit, so it might be that you could replace just the buttons with Grover or Hipshot buttons. A wide variety of Hipshot buttons are readily available on ebay & prices are reasonable. I've changed a number of Grover buttons to Hipshots without problems, other than one time having to buy longer screws at the hardware store.

And fwiw, I've always thought those tuner buttons looked really good on the wider Guild headstocks from the '70s & early '80s. They sort of mimic the shape of the headstock itself, which imho, looks quite cool.
 

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I never noticed that.... I will have to take a closer look. Thanks.
 
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