Replacing Guitar Tuners in an Epiphone LP

Overview of redrilling the headstock holes and upgrading the tuners in an Epiphone Les Paul Special II.

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Music

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• epiphone
• guitar
• tuners
• headstock
• diy
• mojosarmy

[mojosarmyband]

Thanks Bjelor! Yeah I thought the same thing, some lined up and some didn't, and rather than risk having the tuners be askew decided to just drill new ones. But if they line up on yours that will save you a bunch of work refinishing the back of the headstock! Cheers man!

[mojosarmyband]

The originals were some cheap generic Chinese tuners, you can get copies on ebay if you want to replace them straight across but I wouldn't bother, they kinda suck...

[theWIERD21]

@mojosarmyband can u please answer my question, just wondering, if i ever bought a cheaper guitar than epiphone, and the tuning pegs of my guitar is worst than the epi, does changing it beat the epi like smoother tuning + easier to push down?

[mojosarmyband]

@theWIERD21 Cheaper than a $150 Epiphone? At that point just buy a used better guitar I think! I changed the tuners to keep the G string from going out of tune all the time. It's definitely helped. String thickness will have more affect on how easy they are to push down.

[theWIERD21]

@mojosarmyband i thought my guitar can tune to up to drop c, i can't stop blaming myself for buying that guitar, i'm blaming myself for not buying the original gibson for only $350, well, my another question is, can replacing the tuners put your guitars t the limit, by changing the tune of your guitar to drop c like that? sorry for my bad english

[mojosarmyband]

@theWIERD21 Probably depends on the guitar - I'm no expert by any means. I do know that to go low and stay in tune you'll need thicker bottom strings. I play in drop D all the time and use 'skinny top - heavy bottom' sets.

[lesterclaypool1]

@mojosarmyband hey buddy ,, heres a tip ,,, take a 2b pencil and color your strings at the nut ,,, this is graphite and after it gets ground into your nut and strings it will really help you stay in tune ,,, ,,, i know the tunners help but so does this secret ,, keep rocking

[Bjelor]

todays my lucky day. i happen to have picked up the very same tuners and im changing them on epiphone guitar with the very same head.

with that being the case: is it really necessary to drill new screw holes? it looks like the distance between pilot and screw holes is almost perfect to fit those new tuners. and the screws are very similar to original ones as well.

[niccolagtorres]

Man, Do you know the name | brand | model of the original tuning pegs?

[learntodrive55]

@mojosarmyband haha, thats cool. I have to use my spray about every other week because I play so much the neck becomes sticky and the strings grit within a matter of a month. I'll definitely check into that though!