Are SE Tuners Schaller or some variant of theirs?

[redjpm]

Folks,

I apologize if this has been asked before. I could not find a thread on it so I am asking here.

Are the Tuners on a SE Soapbar II Schallers or some variant of theirs?

I wish to replace the tuner buttons with lighter material in order to lighten up the weight of the headstock? Stew-Mac has some Ebony and Pearloid-like Material replacements and I wonder if those will work.

Thanks,

[lookslikemeband]

Hello ~

If I'm not mistaken the Grover minis will be a direct fit replacement.

[redjpm]

Thanks, are the Grover minis lighter than the existing ones? I do not see non metal tuning pegs for those.

[mr72]

Grover mini are potentially lighter than the stock tuners but not by much if at all. They do have pearloid, ebony, etc. buttons for Grover mini rotomatics, for example, http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/t...rtsbuttons.htm

[Archey]

I just bought some 18:1 locking tuners from the ebay seller armguitars for $19 brand new. They are chinese made and the plating isn't quite as nice as U.S. made, however they function very well and are a direct replacement for prs se tuners.

[redjpm]

Thanks for the ideas guys. I was hoping not to replace the whole tuner...more of just replacing the buttons. I found these, but not sure if they will fit since I not sure if the existing tuners are a Schaller style design or not.

http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_...ent_Knobs.html

[Archey]

Hard to say. One would think they would fit. Stew mac is pretty expensive, especially on shipping!