jclark42796 wrote:Thanks Chuck. Looking at the WW picts the tuners looked aged which I equated that to vintage. My 335 tuners appear to be just regular klusons. Maybe they're considered vintage, just not aged? Are yours aged in any way?
Jim
Jim, Mine appear to be aged the same way as the rest of the Hardware. The Kluson tuners on ours are replicas of what was used in the day. Here is a link to a great article about some of the tuners used over some of the years. This article will also clear up some of the terminology used in the identification process.
I keep this article handy when I start looking at details of vintage guitars I might be interested in.
http://www.doctorvintage.com/tuners/50s_klusons.html
Chuck Fleming
Bloomington, Indiana
Guitars: Gibson Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa Es-335, Gibson JBLP Studio Gold Top, Epiphone JBLP Gold Top, Gibson Les Paul "Standard" Gold Top, 2 Gibson ES 339's,Carvin (Self Built), Gibson SG Standard, Fender Strat, Fender Tele, Ibanez (Something or other), Yamaha Acoustic.