A good friend of mine has on old A-style Gibson mandolin that was his dad's. He took it to the Gibson factory and they told him it was as 1950-1955 - everything is original and it's in great condition, but the old buttons are cracking and falling off. He was going to replace the tuners, but I thought that might harm the vintage value. Does that matter? I know this isn't a terribly desirable year. I don't know what kind of tuners are on it, so I have no idea how to find the buttons, but I got a good look at it. The piece that goes inside the button is just a flattened part of the metal rod coming from the screw - kind of like a flat-head screwdriver, but a little more rounded.
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