Golden Age Restoration Tuners, Solid Peghead, relic nickel, matte cream knobs

Description

Featuring simple steel plates and open gears
Pre-war style adds an authentic look to reproduction guitars
Ideal for builders specializing in replica instruments or restoration work
15:1 gear ratio provides better tuning than the originals
Set includes tuners, press-fit bushings and mounting screws
"People who build replica instruments or who do restoration or repair work are just going to love these."
—Frank Ford, vintage instrument repair expert
Pre-war style tuners reborn!
Exclusively from Stewart-MacDonald, our replica 3-on-plate tuners featuring square worm supports on rectangular steel plates. Their improved 15:1 gear ratio provides better tuning than the originals, and our popular relic nickel finish complements vintage hardware.
Golden Age tuners are the rebirth of popular early 20th Century tuning machine designs, featuring simple steel plates and open gears. Replacements for the originals have long been sought by collectors and repairmen, to restore older guitars and improve their tuning. They add an authentic look to reproduction guitars.
15:1 gear ratio for improved tuning
Vintage-style riveted worm supports
Original-shape knobs with a matte finish
0.236" (6.00mm) string post diameter
Press-fit peghead bushings
Original mounting screw spacing (screws included)
1-3/8" (34.93mm) string post spacing
"The Golden Age Restoration tuners are really great. I have just put them onto my 1929 Gibson L-1...I like the fact that someone went to the trouble of making them look right."
—John Evans, Brussels Belgium
"Great tuners with the right look and feel! The only thing different about them is that they are better made and more functional."
—Richard Barnes, Pomona CA