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Installing Gotoh FB3 tuners NEED HELP!!

mauerkraut_

mauerkraut_

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Jan 30, 2009
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Tacoma, WA
#1
I ordered a Warmoth neck with 11/16", 17.46 mm tuner holes. The tuners are set to fit this hole size, but I need to ream the tuner holes so the bushings can fit in. However my local hardware store and Home Depot don't seem to carry a tapered reamer large enough. 11/16" or more.

What should I do? Can anyone recommend me the right tool or an alternate way to do this? It's eating me alive trying to play this thing!!!!
 
#3
Sorry, I don't get it. The tuner holes are 11/16" but you want an 11/16" reamer to do what?

If you are talking about counterboring the existing hole for a larger bushing while maintaining 11/16" for the tuner post, you don't need a reamer - you need a counterbore. Reamers create tapered holes - not what you need for tuner bushings.
 

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