neepheid Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) I recently acquired an Epiphone EB-0 which I am quite enjoying playing. However while I was giving it a good setup I noticed that the tuner bushings are being pulled out of the headstock under string tension. I took one of the tuners off and not only did it have a slightly slack post which obviously bends down slightly under string tension exacerbating the problem but the bushings themselves have hardly got any grip as it is. I tried a quick fix of wrapping the bushing in thick paper (160gsm) to make it a bit thicker and pushing it in. It helped, but it still rose a little under tension. As far as I can see I have 2 ways to go: 1) fill and redrill the holes or 2) say "sod it" and get some tuners which have screw down bushings. I don't give a crap about correctness or screw holes showing (I'll fill 'em and colour the dowel ends red anyway, it'll be hardly noticeable) so I'm erring towards option 2. Screw down bushings are the way ahead - press fit ones only work if you make the hole the right bloody size in the first place (some hope when some people can't even drill straight) and place your machine heads correctly! Grumble, grumble. Edited January 15, 2009 by neepheid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I've used masking tape where you've used paper and that has worked before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 [quote name='bigjohn' post='381064' date='Jan 15 2009, 10:36 AM']I've used masking tape where you've used paper and that has worked before.[/quote] Hmm, I was eyeing up the masking tape, I guess it might be more "grippy" than paper. I'll give it a bash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I'd go for epoxy - glue the buggers in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Plumbers PVA tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Interesting suggestions all. In the end I have alleviated (but not completely cured) the problem by lining the top half of the inside of the hole with some 0.6mm maple veneer I had lying around followed by bashing them in with a rubber faced hammer. There's still a little lifting on two of them but it is reduced to about a mm. Happy enough for now but will eventually replace them with better tuners with screw in bushings. Epoxy is tempting but I'm not sure I want to be tied down to press in bushings just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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