I have a set of F style tuners with pearloid buttons. They have a screw on the end. I am not sure what brand they are, but are very smooth. They have a different screw threading than my Gotohs.
I cannot get the buttons off even after removing the screws. I tried heating tge button and tuners with a hair drier, they just don’t budge.
The pearl buttons do not look that good on my black top J Bovier. The tuners on the Mandolin are not smooth. I tried smoothing the nut and bridge slots, pencil lead in the grooves and Teflon oiling the gears spinning with a string winder (with strings off). They still seem to catch and jump and are hard to tune, so I want to replace the tuners and put a black button on the new set, but I cannot get the old buttons off. Any suggestions?
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