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    What are the options and availability? Lp
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    These, from Roger Siminoff, are the only ones I know of.

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    Stew-Mac carries these for Schallers in ivoroid and real pearl.



    Their ebony ones can be adapted, if you're OK with plugging the screwhole with ebony. It looks like you have to buy Siminoff's buttons with his machines, which are Gotohs. Gotoh machines come with their own ebony buttons now too.
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    Actually, in order to get Gotohs with pearl buttons from Roger, I had to get the tuners with plastic buttons, get the pearl buttons separately, and swap them out.

    Stewmac will sell buttons for Waverly separately too. (Ebony and pearl.)

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    Just not much out there in the way of replacement buttons for us non-builders. Although I would like to have a set of MOP buttons for the newer Gotohs. Lp



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    Found them at First Quality but $14.00 a piece --- they must be crazy!! Lp
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    $14.00 apiece for real MOP buttons doesn't sound out of line. I think it's amazing they can be had at all. Getting them to fit the new Gotoh shafts (why did they ever change???) is another issue. But it can be done by reshaping the posts to fit the buttons.
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    Uh-oh. The new Gotohs' have the shafts with two flat and two round sides. Guess I'm just SOL. Lp
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    Not at all. File the two rounded sides flat.


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