Tips and tricks : make tuner button from different brand fit tuner

[Logrinn]

I don't know if you've encountered this problem before but I found a solution to this.
I believe that the tuner buttons are Schaller's (but could also be HipShot's - I'm not sure) and they don't fit the Gotoh tuner's I've got.
And Gotoh doesn't seem to offer this type of buttons that I want.
When I tried putting on the non-Gotoh buttons I discovered that there is a small gap between button and the tuner "axle" that makes it feel like the tuner is slipping especially when changing direction going back and forth when tuning. It feels almost like the gears are broken.
So ... this is what I tried.

I took this thin tape that are used for threads on plumbing pipes and cut some small strips








I then wrapped this around the tuner axle and now the button fits snugly.

 

[Rick]

Love the sparkly paint job.

 

[Logrinn]

I'm working on a build thread for this very special guitar. Stay tuned

 

[mayfly]

Yes very sparkly... I'll try the tuner button trick as well!

 

[Rick]

i Know ocelot, not sure about the other word, ... Ill be watching for your thread.

 

[stratamania]

I am guessing the build will be looking something like @Logrinn 's new Avatar

 

[Logrinn]

I am guessing the build will be looking something like @Logrinn 's new Avatar

Quite right.

i Know ocelot, not sure about the other word, ... Ill be watching for your thread.

The ocelot - a south american cat, smaller than the jaguar - is spelled ozelot in swedish, https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozelot, hence the spelling