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Location: toneville USA | hey gang,
i still hate ping tuners :D but love the new grovers. no mods/new holes were needed they fit perfect. added the ebony buttons that actually have more of a ping/schaller look. check 'em out! 
  <br/><b>Subject:</b> Re: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...</span></td><td align='right' class='smalltext' nowrap></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign='top' height='150' class='messagemiddle'><span class='smalltext'><br/><br/><b>Joined:</b><br>March 2002<br/>Posts: 14842<br/><br/>Location: NJ</span></td><td valign='top' class='messagemiddle'>Nice Tuners/Buttons! <br/>
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<b></b>(but I STILL hate those damn LX TrussRodCovers . . .<b></b>)</td></tr><tr><td class='messagefooter' style='height:20px'> </td><td nowrap class='messagefooter'><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%'><tr><td nowrap></td><td align='right'> <a href='#top'><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' alt='Top of the page' border='0'></a> <a href='#bottom'><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' alt='Bottom of the page' border='0'></a> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='messagecellspacer'> </td></tr><tr><td class='messageheader'><a href='/megabbs/view-profile.asp?action=view&uid=3645'>Hal Jordan</a><br/><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' height='1' width='120' alt=''></td><td class='messageheader' nowrap width='100%'><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%'><tr><td><a name='M136026'></a><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' alt=''> <span class='smalltext'><b>Posted</b> 2005-09-24 2:11 PM (#136026 - in reply to #136024) <br/><b>Subject:</b> Re: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...</span></td><td align='right' class='smalltext' nowrap></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign='top' height='150' class='messagemiddle'><span class='smalltext'><br/><br/><b>Joined:</b><br>August 2005<br/>Posts: 122<br/><br/>Location: toneville USA</span></td><td valign='top' class='messagemiddle'><div class=) Originally posted by cliff:
Nice Tuners/Buttons!
(but I STILL hate those damn LX TrussRodCovers . . .) thanks...
what do you prefer for a t.r. cover? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Cliff likes these...
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Location: NJ | It's not the covers, per se . . .
It's the "LX" typography that irks me.
It's kind of a "LetterHead"-thing, and really doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot . . . except in my feeble, little demented world . . . .
(btw, Jeff: can't see the pic - get a real computer;-) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The LX TRC's are just plain fugly. Here's what my LX guitar looks like now:
I couldn't fit a standard TRC on the slothead U681 so I modified the one it came with:
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Location: SoCal | The term "anal" comes to mind..... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I've been called worse. Dave |
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Location: Keller, TX | Although it did still reference the same part of the body. :D |
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Location: NJ | . . . and a Dutch woman(?) named Hans . . . |
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Location: toneville USA | Originally posted by Standingovation:
The LX TRC's are just plain fugly. Here's what my LX guitar looks like now:
Dave
...Fugly?? ...ebony?? is it the font on the thing, the size or the number of screws? or do you like the bezeled B/W look?
BTW- i do like the TRC on your LX... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I hate the text and font on the LX covers.
I hate the plain ebony on a black gloss background. The screw is OK. I just think the whole thing looks like a complete afterthought. Like at the last minute somebody realized the truss rod hole was not covered so they just grabbed a scrap of wood from the bin and stenciled on some bad looking font and slapped it on. To each his own. Ovations for years and years sported the plan b/w/b triangulated TRC and that's what I like to see on them even today. Dave |
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Location: Germany | @Hal Jordan
I love the ebony buttons too! I have them on my customized `95 Les Paul Studio.
But, why putting Shaller kind of tuner buttons on grover machines? no no no ... impossible! ;) |
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Location: toneville USA | Originally posted by fguki:
@Hal Jordan
I love the ebony buttons too! I have them on my customized `95 Les Paul Studio.
But, why putting Shaller kind of tuner buttons on grover machines? no no no ... impossible! ;) they are authentic grover buttons...just happen to be shaped like schallers.
i'd like to see the ebony buttons on your paul too. sounds sweet. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I'm with Cliff and Dave on the LX TRCs....I don't like the font they used for "LX". Doesn't fit. It's also strange that the 1771LX and 6778LX TRCs are rosewood; it looks weird against the black headstock.
A more appropriate font on a black TRC would look good, IMHO.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Could be on a subliminal level why I keep replacing mine:
Little Woody\'s
I never liked the scripty little font either. A perfect place for a little inlay though. |
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