Anyone Switched Their Larrivee Fact. Tuners Out?

[sc morris]

I'm not entirely pleased with the tuners on my
D-03 BW.  it's not that they are not working, but I'm just not really pleased with the feel of them. Whiloe they do hold tune, they just don't feel all that smooth to me.  Honestly, I like the tuners on my old Takamine a lot better.  I'm not sure what kind they are, but they have the Takamine logo on them....just like the Larrivee's do.  I wrote to Larrivee and they told me that Gotah's will fit right in place if I choose to make a switch.  Have any of you guys switched your tuners out?  If so, what kind did you swithc to?  Are Gotah's any better than the Pings that I already have??  They are Pings from what I understand. From what I have read, Larrivee is only using Pings now.  Thoughts....

[unclrob]

KOmon switched out his tuner's but mostly for a different look.He put Gold tuner's on with Black button's,looks real good nice feel but not very different from the Ping's.

[-CM-]

You might want to try loosening the button screws just a bit. They can be too tight, which affects how smoothly they turn.

[mjake]

I just bought a Larrivee OM-05 and plan on swapping the stock tuners out with the Gotoh 510 series (18:1 Ratio).  I did the switch on my Martin D-28 and they are very smooth and look great.

These tuners were not a direct drop-in replacement for my D-28 so I had to drill the holes to put them on (not pegs, just the back screw holes)

It looks as though the Gotoh 510s might be a drop-in replacement for the Larrivee.  I haven't checked the measurments on the stock Larrivee yet.  The Gotoh 510's have a 3/8 peghead.  Anyone know what the stock Larrivees are?

Good Luck,

Mike