Eastman Tuners

[Sweetpea44]

Has anyone ever changed the tuners on their Eastman Mandocello? I like the look of chrome and it comes with gold. Does anyone sell mandocello tuners?

[NotMelloCello]

They are just guitar tuners.... buy a similar set in chrome, and install them. No problem.

[Sweetpea44]

From the back of the headstock, these tuners appear to be in one strip with 4 connected. I'm guessing that's not a guitar configuration, which would just involve 3 on each side. I ideally don't want to drill new holes in the back of the headstock, so I wasn't sure if there was a matching set of 4 connected in chrome.

[NotMelloCello]

OH. My bad. The ones I've seen and played had individual tuners.

By the way, I just looked at the Eastman website.... Mandocellos are no longer listed.
Did they quit making them?

[multidon]

Judging by the pictures those are just regular F style worm under mandolin tuners. Grover maybe? The top shaft is longer than the rest and that's why they are installed at a tilt instead of parallel to the head stock edge. I should think any standard spacing set of F style tuners would do. You may have to drill new screw holes.

[MikeEdgerton]

If they look like this they are Schaller worm under tuners.

http://www.elderly.com/schaller-f-ma...ers-100735.htm

http://www.lmii.com/products/mostly-...andolin-tuners

http://www.jdmc.com/product/MNI4S.html

[Sweetpea44]

Thanks for the replies!

[allenhopkins]

...By the way, I just looked at the Eastman website.... Mandocellos are no longer listed.
Did they quit making them?

Still have a price listing in their catalog, or at least I found one here.