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Location: Phoenix AZ | Here's some shots of the swanky custom tuner buttons from Paul Templeman. Very nice stuff.
Walnut buttons on an Adamas OFC Slothead:
Tortie buttons on a Lost Art Vintage Koa Slothead:
Grained Ivoriod buttons on a Custom Legend Slothead:
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Location: Germany | Wow, great! These ivoroid buttons look wonderful. I think I will put some on my Josh White.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Dave,
They all look good... Really like the Walnut on the RI Slots...
Did you put a pair of the Torties on your FD14?
I've got a set of Walnut for the 47 and a set of Torties for the FD14, though I already have and like Real Ebony on it...
I'm going to apply gold tone to the ferrels for my guitars with gold machines... |
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| Beautiful. Glad to see you're keeping THE Custom Legend up to the mark. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I'm going to apply gold tone to the ferrels for my guitars with gold machines... You know, I thought about making some with brass inserts, but it would have got a little too unweidly. I already have 4 different materials in 2 button sizes. Offering a chrome/gold insert option would have been a nightmare. Guitars with chrome hardware are far more common than gold, so that's what we went with. I'm working on a fix where the insert is counter-sunk and flush, which will happen if we can make the collar smaller and if I can absorb the cost and keep the retail price where it is now. I could have them made without the insert, but the insert pretty much ensures they won't split under tension, like the Schaller ones have been known to.
Dave, GREAT pics, thanks!
Incidently, second batch of full-size walnut sold out within 2 days of me receiving the shipment. I still have some walnut mini. I have stock of rosewood, tortie and ivoroid in both sizes, but full-size ivoroid are running low. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Paul,
The buttons are beautiful and those you sent me are very well made. I also understand that most machine hardware is silver...
I'm guessing that, most of us at the OFC were buying for gold machines and I suspect that your buttons, as AfterMarket-UpGrades are going to be evaluated by "Uptight Aesthetes" , though I clearly don't count myself among them.
The counter sink is a great idea |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Those walnut ones look VERY cool. I put ebony ones on the black Adamas I and they look really nice too, but the walnut ones really go with that walnut headstock. Nice work! |
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| I never liked the tort shell nor the ivory although these appear to be very well made.
Those Walunt tuners are fantastic though! Ya got me thinking. They really stand out on that carved slothead. I am thinking about carving a design on the edges like the famous Stradovarius Violins used to have on their tuning pegs.
Nice stuff Paul
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Those are STUNNING! The walnut just beckons as a sailors siren...
The torties would be a perfect match for my Classic.
Beautiful work!
Just an afterthought; could one find brass eyelets of the proper size to go 'gold'? |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Just an afterthought; could one find brass eyelets of the proper size to go 'gold'? see my post above |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Very nice pics, Dave. I wish I was that good with a camera. I did the same thing on the OFC and Koala guitars, and then installed the ivoroids on the VXT which has very similar if not matching layered ivoroid binding on the body and neck. These buttons are stunning.
Thanks for keeping us supplied, Temp. Now, if you could only send over some Tribal Planet cases as well. Seems like nobody is carrying them in the states anymore. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Just an afterthought; could one find brass eyelets of the proper size to go 'gold'? see my post above |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | By the way ...
These buttons also fit Gotoh tuners. So let's get busy upgrading those Takamines! I'll take some Tak headstock shots and post on the other board.
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Location: big island | very classy upgrade! i'd like to get 12 walnut buttons for my 1688. this salty air wreaks havoc on the metallic buttons. where do i go to apply? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by lanaki:
where do i go to apply? Just PM master templeman.
A cool suggestion (by Paul) for 12-strings is to alternate pearliod and ivoroid on the mains and octaves respectovely. That way it's easy to grab the correct one to tune.
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Location: Tennessee | I put a set of the walnuts on my OFC over the weekend. It looks just like the first three pictures above. Also bought a set of the rosewood ones for another guitar. They are great quality. |
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Location: big island | just got my walnut tuner buttons for the 1688 from templeman. my camera is not the quality of tupperware's but here's some before and afters. one thing is for sure: the guitar is noticeably lighter!
these are quality tuner buttons and i like the feel of them. also, in this weather, i don't have to worry about the metal pitting nor do i need to wipe the buttons after tuning. mahalo, paul! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Great lookin match Randy!!! |
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Location: Jet City | Those are a huge improvement in my mind |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Wow, Randy, thats really nice! Guess the 1688-5 is going to get an upgrade! What a difference! |
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Location: chicago | Oh those poor Elephants and Turtles!!! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | WOW, I didn't know you guys were so handy with a screwdriver... :D |
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Location: Vernon CT | Wow!!!! Randy, that is one classy looking "O"
with the walnut buttons. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Paul did a great job here.
Now, let's force him to do some of those:
They would be great for our Adamas Slotheads!
Kurt
Photograph taken (without permission) from ovationtribute.com |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Nice, Randy. Double the pleasure of a six-head. |
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