I have an old Gibson Junior A snakehead — used hard, but a little darlin'. There's a picture below that loaded sideways, for some reason.
The tuners (maybe Gold Tones, I don't know) are pretty new but don't stay tuned for long. So I'm thinking of getting a set of Rubners.
There are just a few choices under $100 that I like on the Rubner website. I've narrowed it down to two:
- One set is black rosewood, $74.
- One is imitation ivory, $96.
Either set would look great on Junior. But since the old snakeheads tuners were white, I'm thinking ivory is the way to go.
On the other hand, $22 is three sets of strings, so I'm wondering how much to care about the how strange or sacrilegious the black tuners would look to anyone who really cares about mandolins — especially since I might sell it some day.
What do you think?
Thanks!
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