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what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:32 pm
by Sir Ricardo
Hello!
I bought these off of eBay.
I didn't notice their scale; I thought they were for a 4001.
Imagine my surprise when they showed up and were about 1/2 the size of bass tuners!
So, I don't know what these are.
Can you fine folks help me in identifying them?
If you click on the photos they will get bigger.
thanks in advance -
Richard
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Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:43 pm
by winston
They look like vintage Grover "guitar" tuners...................I have never seen the square shape before though.
http://www.guitarbitz.com/826.htm
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:56 pm
by jingle_jangle
These are late '60s Grover Deluxe tuners; one step down from Imperials, which also have cast cases, though of a much larger and more decorative design. Only 4, huh?
Anybody got a tenor geetar?
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:56 pm
by octagon
They look kinda like the Grovers that came on my 1983 Model 320
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:58 pm
by kiramdear
octagon wrote:They look kinda like the Grovers that came on my 1983 Model 320
Mitch, you took the words right out of my mouth. Well, almost - mine's an '82, with tuners exactly like that.
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:43 pm
by leftybass
Yes...most of these I've seen on Rickenbackers have been examples from the early 80's.
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:50 am
by fabandgear
Those are Grover Slimline, V100 guitar machines. I bought a set years ago for my Gretsch 6123 Monkees.
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:39 am
by radioactive
I removed a set of those slimlines from a late '30s lapsteel, didn't seem to be the appropriate replacement and that pot metal look makes me nervous.
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:03 pm
by fabandgear
I don't know when Grover came out with Slimlines, but I doubt it was the '30s. I saw a set on a double cutaway Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 (later dubbed "Nashville") Chet Atkins was holding. I thought they'd look a lot better on my Monkees than the 70's Gibson keystone machines someone had installed on it. Kind of like Pontiac hubcaps on a Chevy truck!
Re: what kind of "wavy" Grover / Rickenbacker tuners are these?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:07 pm
by The_Running_Man
