Re: Replacing Octave mandolin tuners, are they the same as mandol
As others said, just be careful enough when measuring and you should be okay with standard mandolin tuners. Check to make sure the holes drilled in the peghead are perfectly perpendicular to the surface, because that can cause binding in existing or newly installed tuners.
I replaced the tuners that came on my Weber Yellowstone F octave with Waverlys, mainly for the aesthetics of ebony tuner knobs but they're also a smidgen more smooth than the Schallers it came with. A few of the screw holes on the plates didn't match, but it was easy to drill new holes and the tuner plate covered up the old holes. I also had to use the Schaller bushings instead of the ones supplied with the Waverlys because the upper hole was drilled out a bit larger, but that worked fine.
One final thing to watch out for when measuring is the length of the shafts so there is clearance for the buttons on the end at the edge of the peghead. On a big F-style headstock like mine on the Weber or what looks like yours, the clearance for the inboard G string and E string (second from the bottom on each side) can be pretty tight depending on how the peghead is shaped and the stock tuner plates mounted. My Waverly tuner buttons clear the peghead edge but it's close.
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Weber Yellowstone F-5 octave mandolin
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