Help! 1940 Rickenbacker Silver Hawaiian Model 100 Tuners

Jim Rosenthal · From: Texas, USA

I recently bought a Rickenbacker 1940 Silver Hawaiian, Model 100 with no tuners on it. It looks like it should take the stock replacement open-back Grover V97C's or Waverly 4060's but the shaft won't go through the headstock and the screw holes are too close together. The Grover Sta-Tites have a solid shaft that is 234/1000", so I need a set of 3-on-a-side that would be @ 1/5" diameter shaft.

Does anyone know of tuners that will fit this lap steel? Or have a set of old tuners that they would be willing to sell? Thanks! -Jim Rosenthal Dallas, TX

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

Have you tried contacting Rickenbacker for suggestions? They may even have some spares lying around.
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Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

I have used these for both Silvers and Bakelites ...

You'll need to pass a round file through the headstock holes ... Just a tad ... No biggie ...

Then you'll have to elongate the holes on the tuning machines a tad also ... to line up with the original holes ... No biggie ...

The screw heads will cover it up ... You won't be able to tell ...

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_solid_peghead_tuners/Grover_Tuners/Grover_18:1_Sta-Tites.html

Hope that helps ..

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