Ebony Tuner Buttons for Eastman ER-M El Rey mando?
This is only an aesthetics issue!
- I have an El Rey mandolin, & I just cannot stand the cheesy plastic tuner buttons on the Pingwell RM-1583N-26A tuners.
I would like to replace them with ebony buttons that match the rest of the mando. I have had no luck finding ebony buttons that would fit!
-Eastman told me I had to contact their dealers. Their dealers say they cannot order direct from Pingwell. Parts dealers StewMac & Allparts say the ebony ones they sell will not fit the Pingwell tuners. Pingwell has been non-responsive.
Does anyone know where I can get a set of 8 small ebony tuner knobs that will fit these tuners? Or maybe a set that has a slightly undersize hole I could bore out? If not, do you have any suggestions, like a contact at Pingwell, or another dealer / parts vendor likely to have these?
-With all the Eastman hoopla about Eastman using an ebony pickup ring & knobs, one would think this would have been done originally, as ebony tuner buttons are common!
Thanks everyone!
AB
2021 Eastman El Rey mando
2004 Weber Gallatin spruce & mohagany w K&K pickup
2002 Schwab 5 string Mandocaster w 2 Duncan humbuckers
1983 Flatiron 2MC w K&K pickup
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