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Pre-war Kluson style tuners reborn

Golden Age Restoration "Bent Tab" Tuners for Solid Peghead Guitar


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A Stewart-MacDonald exclusive! Our complete set of replica 3-on-plate tuners with "bent tab" worm posts, as supplied by Kluson to guitar manufacturers from the 1930s to the '70s. They feature authentic steel baseplates and white plastic knobs, plus 15:1 gear ratio for better tuning than the originals.

"People who build replica instruments or who do restoration or repair work are just going to love these." —Frank Ford, vintage instrument repair expert

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Golden Age Restoration Bent Tab Tuners for Solid Peghead Guitar
 
  Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
2503 Relic nickel Yes
$49.40
3 or more $44.46  

2503-N Bright nickel Yes
$39.30
3 or more $35.37  


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Golden Age tuners are the rebirth of popular early 20th Century tuning machine designs, featuring simple steel plates and open gears. Replacements for the originals have long been sought by collectors and repairmen, to restore older guitars and improve their tuning. Our special Relic nickel-finished versions complement vintage hardware and add an authentic look to reproduction guitars.

15:1 gear ratio for improved tuning
Vintage style riveted worm posts
Original-shape white plastic knobs
.234" (5.94mm) string post diameter
Press-fit peghead bushings
Original mounting screw spacing (screws incuded)
1-3/8" (34.93mm) string post spacing
Bright nickel or Relic nickel finishes

Also available to fit slotted pegheads.

Note: Plate-mounted tuners can't work efficiently if the pegholes are improperly aligned. Our Tuner Drill Jig ensures the correct spacing for accurate tuning.

"The Golden Age Restoration tuners are really great. I have just put them onto my 1929 Gibson L-1...I like the fact that someone went to the trouble of making them look right." —John Evans, Brussels Belgium

"Great tuners with the right look and feel! The only thing different about them is that they are better made and more functional." —Richard Barnes, Pomona CA

To be sure these tuners fit your instrument, compare your existing machines and peghole dimensions to our listed specs to help determine the best replacement.
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Golden Age Restoration Bent Tab Tuners for Solid Peghead Guitar
Golden Age Restoration "Bent Tab" Tuners for Solid Peghead Guitar
 
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4 2-02-2012
Relic Nickle

Nice tuners,Definitely an improvement over stock ones Gibson installed on the LGO's in 1964. Noticeably smother action due to the 15:1 ratio. I would liked to have seen a little more yellowing of the knobs to go along with it's relic theme, as well as better alignment of screw holes.

GVW  St.Louis MO.
5 12-30-2011
I'll buy them again

I had to replace some Grover tuners off a 1936 Gretsch for a client and these worked perfect, heck they're better than the original equipment. Even though the plate has a different shape than the original Grover's it covered the old footprint perfectly.

The Guitar Medic  Spokane, WA USA
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4 9-05-2011
Great Vintage Look

I used these tuners recently on repairing a 30's era Gibson. They work great and gave the old guitar a bit of its character back. Highly recommend these tuners.

Michael Carroll of Carroll Guitars  Mesa, Arizona Read my reviews (4)
4 7-09-2011
Smooth and nice looking

Very great and fit perfectly my 50's Kay N-3! Would have been 5-stars if the black knobs option was available...

Tomy  Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada Read my reviews (8)
4 6-22-2011
Nice Tuners

Used these on a restoration of a 64 melody maker. dropped right in and worked great.

Goodson Guitars  Odessa, Tx Read my reviews (20)
5 5-16-2011
Golden Age Restoration Tuners

The relic finish is absolutely perfect for my vintage arch top. Plus, the mechanics of the Golden Age tuners is far superior to the original Kluson tuners.

JAA64  Carlsbad, CA
5 5-07-2011
Perfect

Needed replacement on a 1941 Gibson L30. Needed to bore peghead to .340 for the bushings. No big deal. Then tuners dropped right in worked perfect. Still a crummy old guitar, but it has great tuners!

Rick B  Lake Oswego, Oregon
5 5-03-2011
perfect footprint

The bright nickel bent tab tuners were the perfect replacements for the frozen klusons on a '40s era Kay archtop. Stable tuning and great looks who can ask for more?

Robert Bayer  St. Peters, MO. Read my reviews (7)
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5 4-29-2011
Golden Age Restoration "Bent Tab" Tuners for Solid Peghead Guitar

I just put these on a 1939 Kalamazoo lap steel, no modifications made and they look perfect and work much better than the originals because of better gearing. They look as though they were never replaced. Fantastic

Mangoman  Salem
5 3-26-2011
Fantastic

Just installed a set of the relic nickel bent tab tuners on my pre-war Dobro. They are almost exactly like the originals. The shafts on the originals are shorter but that is why I could not use them on the replacement neck. The original neck was made out of rather inferior wood and the peghead was rather thin and eventually broke. The bushings were different and the new ones have a slightly larger outer diameter. In every other respect, they are perfect and the operation is just so much better.

Rex Hunt  Bloomington, IN
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