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Nobody, and I mean nobody would tool up to make fake Rubner tuners. Gotoh's don't have their name on them either. I don't think my Wavery mandolin tuners were marked.
I just checked my old style Schaller tuners. No marking. My Gibson Grover tuners, no markings.
I should add, the Rubner's I bought didn't have any markings and I bought them from Rubner.
Last edited by MikeEdgerton; Apr-15-2018 at 5:36pm.
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Those are Rubner tuners! Why would you think that they are fake?
If its high precision and hand made whats the issue?
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The Rubners that I purchased & installed this last week had no markings. Those look legit to me.
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Well I just bought them for $32 shipped, brand new off of eBay, before I posted this. They were listed as unbranded, so I thought they were maybe fake. I was willing to take a chance on them though.
2019 Tyler White custom F5 #17
2012 Huss and Dalton RD-M
2019 Gann resonator guitar
https://www.youtube.com/user/kinmanknives
Thank you all for the assurance about these! I thought they looked really high quality to be fake, so I figured even if they were they’d be worth the $32 either way. Now comes the question, do I have these put on my new Tyler White and go with a nickel James Tailpiece, or do I go with gold Grover 309 with Ebony buttons??? Decisions decisions...lol. It will have tortoise binding, and I kinda think the gold would go better with that. I was wanting to get the brass Rubners Colorado Al posted, but I just realized they don’t make that model anymore.
2019 Tyler White custom F5 #17
2012 Huss and Dalton RD-M
2019 Gann resonator guitar
https://www.youtube.com/user/kinmanknives
They still make that model, you just have to ask Kent for it. Send him an email and tell him what you want. info@rubnertuners.com
And nice score, you got a $95 set of tuners for $32.
If there were any identifying markings on the genuine tuners,you can bet that they would be forged as well. Very often we simply have to trust the retailers & hope that they haven't been conned !,
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It looks like the person that sold those tuners buys estates and such. He had a few other odd musical instrument parts but now enough to think he was in that business. I would have bought them. It was a good score.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Thanks! I emailed him last night and he replied this morning and said their F style tuners were currently getting a gearing upgrade and wouldn’t be available for a few more months at least. I hadn’t thought to email and see if they had any not listed. I might just settle for these nickel ones if I can’t find brass ones in time tho.
2019 Tyler White custom F5 #17
2012 Huss and Dalton RD-M
2019 Gann resonator guitar
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