Upgrading Electric Guitar Tuners
I’ve done a post about upgrading tuners on an acoustic guitar before (found here: http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-upgrade-guitar-tuners.html), and really there’s no difference between tuners on an acoustic (steel-string) guitar and an electric guitar, except for the fact that you’re less likely to encounter six-a-side tuners on an acoustic guitar. (Six-a-side refers to when all six tuners are on the same side of the peghead, like on a Fender Stratocaster or Telecaster. A Gibson Les Paul has three-a-side tuners, but you can still use this blog post to help you upgrade them.) The main reason I’m writing today’s post is because I went about the upgrade in a very different way, using one of these (called a "rear peghole reamer"): Which can be found on Stew Mac’s website here: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Tuner_installation_tools/Rear_Peghole_Reamer.html?tab=Details I was pretty unhappy with the alternative method of reaming the holes manually and then trying...