These were looking like they were going to be a nightmare to remove, but then this legend appears with a great fix. Thank you Billy and to all those who put solutions to the most obscure problems on youtube.
Really glad to find this info. Being more of a mechanic than a carpenter I was just about ready to apply some heat & a bolt extractor. No lie. I was gettin ready to rip this gift from my mother apart and wind up throwing whatever was left in the wood stove .... But - I mixed myself a cocktail and watched this brilliant tutorial and now I’ll be playing this one for many more years. Thank you for your generous gift of your time sir. RJ
Thank you very, very much for this video! I've been staring at my 2023 Gibson SG and my 2003 PRS McCarty and was resigned to paying a luthier to crack this puzzle. And now you've spared me that cost and headache. God bless you! I hope you appreciate how valuable this video has been to me and, I'm sure others. I notice it was posted THIRTEEN years ago. You've undoubtedly helped a great many people who were cursing (kursing?) the Kluson name, as I was. Let's do some quick math: 28,000 views to date (October, 2023) multiplied by about $200 for a luthier's work (conservatively) equals $5.6 million saved for your viewers if every viewer used this technique instead of hiring a luthier. Nothing against luthiers, of course. They deserve to get paid for their hard-won expertise. But I'd rather do my own mods.
Brother, I gotta say you know your stuff. I was changing my tuners on my 335 and was stuck at this point. Your tip worked so easily and fast. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. God bless 🙏
Billy, Great instructional video Followed your method to remove the bushings from my Gibson LP R9 Worked exactly as your described - Five minutes tops... Only one caveat for those of us who have shaky hands such as myself: At first, I had several "near misses" of almost scratching the front of the headstock So, I draped a polish cloth over as much as the headstock as I could just in case of a slip - which did not happen Once again, many thanks! Ray
Holy shit it worked. I’ve been looking at other videos and this was the only one that just used a screwdriver. Thanks! Changing tuners on my Guild DS-240
Thanks so much for your awesome videos. Updated my '57RI LP Tuners with a Tonepros/Kluson set and your bushing removal and hole reaming videos were EXCELLENT! So helpful, much appreciated!
Thanks Billy, this worked a treat. I was wondering how I was going to get these out. I used a tapered nail punch in the end, it dropped into the centre of the ferrules nice and snuggly before doing the wiggle trick.
Worked on a cheap Epi tuner bushing! Almost thought I had to buy a guitar tool from stew mac that would be more expensive than the Epi I'm trying to restore! Thank you!
Tried this and it didnt work that well for me, probably because I was reluctant to widen the headstock holes or maybe bend the bushing lip. The alternative I came up with was to use a 1/4" Allen key/wrench. It fit perfectly through the back and I just pushed the bushings out the top no problem.
Great clip - I have a 70's Jap LP copy in need of new tuners. The old ones were loose, the bushings virtually fell out, the holes are worn. Question: should I re-line 8mm holes with some kind of epoxy resin or attempt to enlarge them with a reamer? I have woodworking experience but not as a luthier.
I know this posting is old but a question has come to light ==while people have there own preferance on tuners no one has done an A/B comparison of what kluson tuners do for a guitar vs newer model tuners using the same guitar and amp setup?
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These were looking like they were going to be a nightmare to remove, but then this legend appears with a great fix. Thank you Billy and to all those who put solutions to the most obscure problems on youtube.
AMEN!!!!
Really glad to find this info.
Being more of a mechanic than a carpenter I was just about ready to apply some heat & a bolt extractor.
No lie. I was gettin ready to rip this gift from my mother apart and wind up throwing whatever was left in the wood stove ....
But -
I mixed myself a cocktail and watched this brilliant tutorial and now I’ll be playing this one for many more years.
Thank you for your generous gift of your time sir.
RJ
Thank you very, very much for this video! I've been staring at my 2023 Gibson SG and my 2003 PRS McCarty and was resigned to paying a luthier to crack this puzzle. And now you've spared me that cost and headache. God bless you! I hope you appreciate how valuable this video has been to me and, I'm sure others. I notice it was posted THIRTEEN years ago. You've undoubtedly helped a great many people who were cursing (kursing?) the Kluson name, as I was. Let's do some quick math: 28,000 views to date (October, 2023) multiplied by about $200 for a luthier's work (conservatively) equals $5.6 million saved for your viewers if every viewer used this technique instead of hiring a luthier. Nothing against luthiers, of course. They deserve to get paid for their hard-won expertise. But I'd rather do my own mods.
Brother, I gotta say you know your stuff. I was changing my tuners on my 335 and was stuck at this point. Your tip worked so easily and fast. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. God bless 🙏
Thanks! Already cracked mine but it was for an EVH type build, but absolute life saver
You're a life saver! I've been on Google for so long after trying to pull or twist mine out of an old Yamaha F-310. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for this. Thought this was going to be a headache but tuners & bushings removed in a few minutes. All the best.
THANK YOU!!! I'd been struggling to get some bushings out, and this worked in seconds.
Billy,
Great instructional video
Followed your method to remove the bushings from my Gibson LP R9
Worked exactly as your described - Five minutes tops...
Only one caveat for those of us who have shaky hands such as myself:
At first, I had several "near misses" of almost scratching the front of the headstock
So, I draped a polish cloth over as much as the headstock as I could just in case of a slip - which did not happen
Once again, many thanks!
Ray
Eleven years later, you’re still helping save guys like me from ruining our stuff. Thank you. Great video. Killer tip.
My mans is doing the Lord’s work over here. Thanks dude.
Holy shit it worked. I’ve been looking at other videos and this was the only one that just used a screwdriver. Thanks! Changing tuners on my Guild DS-240
Thanks so much for your awesome videos. Updated my '57RI LP Tuners with a Tonepros/Kluson set and your bushing removal and hole reaming videos were EXCELLENT! So helpful, much appreciated!
Wow, unreal and simple tech tip. Worked exactly how to said. Thanks a million!
Thanks Billy, this worked a treat. I was wondering how I was going to get these out. I used a tapered nail punch in the end, it dropped into the centre of the ferrules nice and snuggly before doing the wiggle trick.
This should have more views. Helped a lot
i always found it easy just to come in from behine and pop them out with something smaller than the wood hole and larger than the bushing hole- pop
holy crap it works thank you! got them all out in like 1 minute
Worked great. The bushings just popped right out!
This saved me a lot of hassle thank you!
Worked on a cheap Epi tuner bushing! Almost thought I had to buy a guitar tool from stew mac that would be more expensive than the Epi I'm trying to restore! Thank you!
Tried this and it didnt work that well for me, probably because I was reluctant to widen the headstock holes or maybe bend the bushing lip. The alternative I came up with was to use a 1/4" Allen key/wrench. It fit perfectly through the back and I just pushed the bushings out the top no problem.
Spot-on advice. Thought I was going to have to pound the things out with a hammer or something. This is way, way better.
Wow thanks a ton! Been trying to push/pull them out of there for hours, almost gave up.
You are a life saver! Thank you for making this video
Exactly what I needed! Thanks!
Great clip - I have a 70's Jap LP copy in need of new tuners. The old ones were loose, the bushings virtually fell out, the holes are worn. Question: should I re-line 8mm holes with some kind of epoxy resin or attempt to enlarge them with a reamer? I have woodworking experience but not as a luthier.
Thank you for the great video. Worked just fine.
Worked like a charm! Thank you.
Oh damn! I tapped the bushing out with a flat screwdriver from the back of the headstock and was lucky nothing damaged.
This seems like a really good method. I think it would be impossible to splinter the face of the headstock doing this
You saved my day... again! I had already forgotten how to do this safely but this video came into my mind. Thank you so much.
will this method work for bass? the holes are a lot bigger
Im about to give up..its a big help bro .. thank u
Works perfectly! Thank you.
Thanks Man - Worked Like a Spell!!
is there a video to open the tuners?
Thanks for making this video!
Thanks so much! I was wanting to find how to do this.
Efficient and effective. Thanks for the video!
Awesome, so easy, thanks!
I used a 1/4" screw extractor - took seconds and no damage or wiggling was needed.
Thanks. Exactly what I needed
Worked great! Thanks.
Very helpful thank you!
Thanks, this was really helpful!
The shaft is a little sloppy in the hole... Thats what she said!! haha
Thanks, it worked!
thanks billy, you are a genius!
Thanks, saved my headstock from breaking
Great tip, thanks!
worked like a charm!
Perfect, thanks
Amazing!
BRILLIANT !!!
Thanks!
I know this posting is old but a question has come to light ==while people have there own preferance on tuners no one has done an A/B comparison of what kluson tuners do for a guitar vs newer model tuners using the same guitar and amp setup?
Huhu.. He said shaft was sloppy in the HOLE! huhu..
thanks so much \m/\m/
Ugh. Im tryibg to put klusons ON my fender. Why have people wanted to remove the best tuners made!?
Yo 1:22
Brilliant! Thank you for the video.
Been noodling this over for a day now - I was not looking forward to tapping the bushings out.