I bought this wonderful, Japan made, mandolin a year ago, and feel very lucky to have gotten it. But alas, age is catching up to it and the original buttons on the tuning pegs are breaking, the machine heads are showing wear and my luthier is recommending thinking about getting whole new machine heads rather than just replacing the buttons. He can't find buttons to match the originals and is thinking that when considering cost, it probably makes sense to change the whole tuner stuff now rather then wait and do it piecemeal - buttons now, tuners later.
Since I know nothing about making mandolins, and have only played two years I'd love to hear what you'd suggest I do. If new tuners are the way to go which should I get? I totally appreciate the fact that this is a special mandolin but don't feel the need to keep it's specialness by using original parts. What I do care about is maintaining its great sound and quality.
Thanks for your feedback
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