wickedwahine11
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I purchased a set of Waverly koa tuners for my Kanilea tenor (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/...lele_Tuners.html?actn=100101&xst=3&xsr=277266), and when they arrived, the wood was a very light yellow blonde instead of the brown or reddish hue I was hoping for, so I returned them.
I'm still determined to replace the black tuners on my new uke, as I'm not a fan of them, so I then ordered some chrome Grover Sta-Tite, but it turns out they are not drop in replaceable and would require drilling new holes. I'm willing to do that for koa, but not sure I want to make that commitment for chrome.
So now I'm looking at getting some koa tuners from taisamlu's ebay store. I just wanted the koa buttons so I ordered this set in the hopes that I can just replace my grover buttons with these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Qualit...ultDomain_0&hash=item2571ffda1d#ht_3182wt_952
In the event they are not a fit though (probably likely are not), I'm looking at his other two options.
The first is this set, which would require replacing all four tuners and probably leave me with a bunch of unfilled holes on the back of my headstock.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Good-qualit...Accessories&hash=item53e8f9331e#ht_2895wt_952
Otherwise the other option is this plate style, but I'm not sure how heavy those would be, or whether I want something that wild: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ukulele-tun...ultDomain_0&hash=item2564925f3e#ht_2580wt_952
I know it will probably take a while to get the first set that I ordered, and I don't want to order one of these yet (on the teeny tiny chance that the buttons are a match for my old ones -- doubtful, I know). But has anyone out there had any experience with either of these two tuners from taisamlu?
Also, can anyone tell me how long his shipping generally takes to the USA?
I'm still determined to replace the black tuners on my new uke, as I'm not a fan of them, so I then ordered some chrome Grover Sta-Tite, but it turns out they are not drop in replaceable and would require drilling new holes. I'm willing to do that for koa, but not sure I want to make that commitment for chrome.
So now I'm looking at getting some koa tuners from taisamlu's ebay store. I just wanted the koa buttons so I ordered this set in the hopes that I can just replace my grover buttons with these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Qualit...ultDomain_0&hash=item2571ffda1d#ht_3182wt_952
In the event they are not a fit though (probably likely are not), I'm looking at his other two options.
The first is this set, which would require replacing all four tuners and probably leave me with a bunch of unfilled holes on the back of my headstock.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Good-qualit...Accessories&hash=item53e8f9331e#ht_2895wt_952
Otherwise the other option is this plate style, but I'm not sure how heavy those would be, or whether I want something that wild: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ukulele-tun...ultDomain_0&hash=item2564925f3e#ht_2580wt_952
I know it will probably take a while to get the first set that I ordered, and I don't want to order one of these yet (on the teeny tiny chance that the buttons are a match for my old ones -- doubtful, I know). But has anyone out there had any experience with either of these two tuners from taisamlu?
Also, can anyone tell me how long his shipping generally takes to the USA?