Replacing stock Ping tuners - Need conversion bushings

[dleahy]

I wanted to replace my tuners on my D03 witch new Grover Sta-tites. I got the vintage style conversion bushings for 11/32 holes from StewMac but............... I was unpleasantly suprised to find that Larrivee has 10.5mm holes. ANYONE know of a source for 10.5mm conversion bushings??? I really want to avoid plugging and re-drilling...

[Fstpicker]

Dark Paniel wrote this on another thread which may or may not help you:

Grover Sta-tites - A faux-vintage guitar would not be complete without a set of open back tuners... and so I decided to tackle this task myself as well. (Can you tell I was a bit bored... away from the forum?)  I ordered the tuners and the hex conversion bushings from stewmac (which by the way raised their price on the tuners.. like the day I ordered a set).  The installation was pretty straight forward.. I knew that I'd need to drill 12 new holes in the back of the headstock, but I didn't mind. (this guitar's a keeper for sure)  I also didn't want any holes left behind, so I went to Home Depot and bought a wood filler pencil thing.  I bought one that was supposed to be Red Cherry colored (I think) and it happened to match the color of the mahogany perfectly.  I filled the holes left behind from the ping tuners and installed the new Grovers.  A pretty simple mod that makes a huge difference aesthetically... and functionally, these tuners are definitely an upgrade from the stock pings.

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Perhaps you could contact him directly and find out more info as well.

Jeff

[dleahy]

Thanks Jeff, Sounds like he might be my best source of info.

[Hoser Rob]

www.fqms.com (I'm pretty sure) or www.elderly.com (ditto) or www.stewmac.com (definitely, they have a $30 minimum but have a ton of other good stuff too).

[Redeemed]

Thanks Jeff, Sounds like he might be my best source of info.

Hey Dave, I replied to your email.


-dan