Recent 620/12's with vintage tuners

randy_malone · Post by **randy_malone** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:19 pm

I've seen some recent 620/12's with vintage tuners instead of Schallers. In fact, I just bought a 2009 FG today. I thought I read that the factory was temporarily out of Schallers and substituted the vintage style; can anyone confirm that (or the real reason, if that's not correct)?

Thanks!

egosheep · Post by **egosheep** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:10 pm

Does your new one have the vintage tuners?

Ontario_RIC_fan · Post by **Ontario_RIC_fan** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:10 am

Randy:

That is the story I heard... The factory ran out of the Schallers.

They all date from December 2009... It looks weird to see the vintage tuners with the holes in the headstock, but I love the look of the Kluson style tuners best...

Lots of examples in the register....

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paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:10 am

randy_malone wrote:I've seen some recent 620/12's with vintage tuners instead of Schallers. In fact, I just bought a 2009 FG today. I thought I read that the factory was temporarily out of Schallers and substituted the vintage style; can anyone confirm that (or the real reason, if that's not correct)?

Thanks!

You did read that.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:23 am

I'm a fan of the vintage look, with or without the headstock slots.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:54 am

jingle_jangle wrote:I'm a fan of the vintage look, with or without the headstock slots.

Oh yeah.

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:15 am

sloop_john_b wrote:
jingle_jangle wrote:I'm a fan of the vintage look, with or without the headstock slots.
Oh yeah.

Ditto.

Matt Clark · Post by **Matt Clark** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:04 pm

paologregorio wrote:
randy_malone wrote:I've seen some recent 620/12's with vintage tuners instead of Schallers. In fact, I just bought a 2009 FG today. I thought I read that the factory was temporarily out of Schallers and substituted the vintage style; can anyone confirm that (or the real reason, if that's not correct)?

Thanks!
You did read that.

I think the vintage look is just that.. it looks old and I want my guitar to look newer. Plus, I want them to preform better, which is an even better reason to want the Schallers. That said, I would be pretty darn upset if my guitar showed up with vintage pegs if I did not order it that way! I hope they are giving companies and individuals the option to wait for the correct machines. The last thing I would want is to have to drill extra holes in my new instrument to get what I ordered in the first place. Some assembly required, really?

randy_malone · Post by **randy_malone** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:04 pm

Yes, it has the vintage tuners and is a Dec 2009 date. I also wanted the Schaller tuners and the new 'through' slots, plus I preferred Maple-Glo (already have a Fire-Glo 330/12). But of the only two 620/12's in stock (both Fire-Glo), the other was a 2010 with Schallers and had the darker Fire-Glo (which I don't like) and the 2009 was noticably lighter in weight. I could have waited for a Maple-Glo to come in, but the lighter weight sold me on it. And the vintage tuners are growing on me (and are part of the lighter weight, I'm sure).

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