vintage gibson like les paul tuners please

[oliviermarian]

i'd like to build a les paul that looks like a les paul... could you make available some nice les paul tuners (tulip i think they are called in english).
thxs
Olivier.

 

[jackthehack]

Those were originally Kluson brand tuners; you can still buy the Klusons at a number of distributors:

http://www.theguitarfiles.com/modules.php?name=catalog&file=product_info&products_id=2377

Gotoh makes some repros that are cheaper, available from StewMac and other sources:

http://www.stewmac.com/shopby/Brand/Gotoh/Tuners/Gotoh_Vintage_Keystone-style_Tuners.html

 

[oliviermarian]

Thks Jack, yes I can get some from many places through ebay also, but
- i'm in belgium and I'd rather have only one order and shipping
- why Warmoth does not sell those? any technical reason ?

thxs

 

[jackthehack]

Thks Jack, yes I can get some from many places through ebay also, but
- i'm in belgium and I'd rather have only one order and shipping
- why Warmoth does not sell those? any technical reason ?

thxs

Nothing technical, most likely lack of demand...

 

[simple]

We've actually been talking about it. It's on our list of things to add hardware-wise. Thanks for the reminder, I'll see where we are at with that initiative.

 

[oliviermarian]

Great news !
I'll be watching for it.

Add a nice Les Paul neck with trapeze inlays in the showcase and my order will follow soon ;-)

 

[lp1958]

I too wanted these for my build.  I would have thought there would be a reasonable demand.

In the end I got the Gotoh ones from Stewmac.  Quite nice tuners.  Gotoh stuff usually is.

I would have prefered to get them from Warmoth of course along with the rest of my hardware.

I'm in the uk and had no problem getting them from the states. The only problem was our postal service applying a hefty handling fee, but that's another issue.