Baloo76

Thanks all!

On Xmas day the dog knocked over my son's guitar, and broke two of the tuner heads. I've done a lot of googling already, learned a lot and answered many of my questions, but I still need some help please? He has this one in a left handed model https://www.epiphone.com/en-US/Electric … e-Sunburst The website says my tuners are: "Epiphone Vintage Deluxe 18:1 ratio machine heads" I wanted just to replace the two broken one's, and keep the guitar original, but would seem from some googling that I can't buy the same "Epiphone Vintage" branded tuners, they are available for warranty replacement only, not retail spares. I do not want to have to drill the guitar, whatever I buy has to be a direct replacement, same size, with all the holes needed in the same place. I found ones that look the same branded Gibson, Kluson, Grover and Wilkinson https://www.thomann.de/gb/grover_135n.htm https://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_gimh010.htm https://www.thomann.de/gb/kluson_by_got … chanik.htm https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilkinson-Mach … B01FSS7GK0 Or I could upgrade to something better, and I have found Gotoh SD90-MGT. But I have no idea how to tell if they are a direct replacement in terms of size and holes. https://g-gotoh.com/product/sd90-mgt/?lang=en So my questions are: 1. Are the Gibson/Grover/Kluson/Wilkinson ones exactly the same as the Epiphone branded tuners I have now? 2. If not what measurements do I need to do to make sure any replacement I buy is a direct fit? 3. What about the upgrade? Will the Gotoh SD90-MGT fit? Any others you'd recommend that are a direct fit? 4. Will my son notice any differnce if I change the ratio from the 18:1 he has now, to for instance the 15:1 of the Gotoh? Thank you!!

Just a post to introduce myself, joining on behalf of both myself and my 15 year old son. We both started playing last christmas, so 1 year now. I'm not doing great, I'm a 46 year old with lots of good intentions, but not finding enough time, but I'm picking it up slowly. He is doing amazing, but picking up his guitar is the first thing he does after finishing school and he plays at least a couple of hours per day (oh to be young and have so much free time!!) I'm using a Rocket Deluxe Stratocaster and a Crafter GAE-8, both borowed from a friend to get me started. I bought my son a Harley Benton HB35 Semi Acoustic left handed as a starter guitar last Christmas, with a promise that we'd upgrade if he took it up and it wasn't just a fad. By his birthday in September it was clear he was going to be a guitarist for life, and he desperately wanted a Les Paul, so I bought him an Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50's. On Christmas day the dog knocked over the Les Paul, and broke two of the tuners, hence the reason for joining the forum, and another thread coming up on that soon, if you wouldn't ind giving me some help and advice replacing them? Thanks All, happy new year, and all the best for 2023!