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Originally Posted by boris bubbanov
Hey, Scott, how many miles do you have on that MIJ? Is there any possibility these tuners came off a heavily used guitar?
As good as the Gotoh "klusons" are, all tuners wear out eventually. Trust me, the original kluson tuners on the 50's Fenders didn't work all that well once they'd seen a lot of action. I would not be surprised if the guts in that model of tuner have been re-engineered by Gotoh over their years of production.
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I honestly don't know. I traded a Epiphone Les Paul Jr for it about 6 years ago. The story the owner gave me was that he won it in a poker game in the early 90's. When I got it, it had a Humbucker bridge on it. The single coil pick up had been screwed to the body using dry wall screws. It wasn't a basket case, but needed some TLC. I've been restoring it ever since. New bridge pickup, new frets, new switch. The tuners are sticky and slip a lot when you do a lot of chicken pickin.
Scott 'teleweezel' Manery