Hi everyone! I am the proud owner of a beautiful Kentucky KM1500, but I have run into a small problem. One of the buttons on the tuning pegs broke, and I want to buy a replacement set of tuners.
This seemed like an easy enough task at first.
I live in Spain, so I ordered a set of Grover F-style tuners from the big online retailer in Europe, Thomann. I got a call a call from my luthier after I dropped them off -- it turns out that the tuners are not LONG ENOUGH! The dimensions of the headstock on the Kentucky rule out the tuning pegs that are available on Thomann.
I read on a thread somewhere that Kentucky uses Gotoh tuners, but these are proving difficult to come by on this side of the pond.
Could anyone point me in the right direction? I would really love to get my mandolin all fixed up, and I had no idea how hard it was going to be to find replacement tuners.
So two questions really:
1) Does anyone know what tuners will DEFINITELY be compatible with the Kentucky?
AND
2) Do you know of anywhere in Europe that carries said tuners and ships to Spain?
Thanks in advance!
David
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