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Godot · July 24th, 2009, 12:19 PM

Alright, update to this thread -

I received my tuners and other parts Wedensday and last night I went ahead a disassembled my Tele. I test fit one of these conversion bushings and it would not fit into the tuner hole. Without reaming (which I'd rather not do) or hammering (which could split the headstock) these things are just not going in.

I ordered these from Guitar Parts Resource and the part number was - TK-0900-001. There are no dimensions associated with this part number on their website, but I assume they are 10.5mm. At least they measure right at .4" - which is 10.16mm.

The actual tuner hole measures .379" - which works out to 9.62mm. So the bushings are exactly .021" (.53mm) too large. I just need 10mm instead of 10.5mm.

I believe I should have ordered the other part number that I mentioned earlier in this thread which is W-TAB-N on their site. These are for modern 3/8" (10mm) holes, although a 3/8" drill bit slides through this tuner hole rather loosely. I called GPR and have an email in to them regarding this. All I need is for them to confirm that the W-TAB-N bushings are SMALLER than the TK-0900-001 and I'll be set, I think.

Ugg...This is the piddlely aesthetic portion of the upgrades I'm doing - I'm way more excited to drill for the 3 Barrel saddles and solder in the pickups! Go figure the little bushings would hold me up. I'll get it worked out - But I just wanted to document my troubles here on the forum so others can choose not to repeat them.

July 24th, 2009, 12:19 PM	#12 (permalink)
Godot TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Austin, Texas Age: 37 Posts: 27	Alright, update to this thread - I received my tuners and other parts Wedensday and last night I went ahead a disassembled my Tele. I test fit one of these conversion bushings and it would not fit into the tuner hole. Without reaming (which I'd rather not do) or hammering (which could split the headstock) these things are just not going in. I ordered these from Guitar Parts Resource and the part number was - TK-0900-001. There are no dimensions associated with this part number on their website, but I assume they are 10.5mm. At least they measure right at .4" - which is 10.16mm. The actual tuner hole measures .379" - which works out to 9.62mm. So the bushings are exactly .021" (.53mm) too large. I just need 10mm instead of 10.5mm. I believe I should have ordered the other part number that I mentioned earlier in this thread which is W-TAB-N on their site. These are for modern 3/8" (10mm) holes, although a 3/8" drill bit slides through this tuner hole rather loosely. I called GPR and have an email in to them regarding this. All I need is for them to confirm that the W-TAB-N bushings are SMALLER than the TK-0900-001 and I'll be set, I think. Ugg...This is the piddlely aesthetic portion of the upgrades I'm doing - I'm way more excited to drill for the 3 Barrel saddles and solder in the pickups! Go figure the little bushings would hold me up. I'll get it worked out - But I just wanted to document my troubles here on the forum so others can choose not to repeat them.