stratty109
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Hey folks - Would like to hear from anyone who has either positive or negative experiences swapping Rotomatics for wafflebacks - I have a '54 Historic that came stock with rotos. Doesn't look from the Stewmac site like the screw holes line up well - one seems only off by a couple mms, but the other would obviously need a new hole. Had the idea of only using one screw and just gluing a sheared off screw head in rhe other end of the housing so it looks right and I would still have the option of returning to the rotos at a later time. Not sure the one screw would be mechanically sufficient, though. Being that it's black lacquer, it wouldn't be that big a deal to drop fill an extra hole with lacquer if I reverted to the rotos - wouldn't be as obvious as with a mahogany neck. Then there's the mounting nut in the headstock face that I'd imagine would leave something of a footprint when removed. Lastly, I imagine conversion bushings would be necessary?
Wanted to say that the current rotos are very precise - they're the first Asian production ones, higher quality I think than some produced since. So this is a switch purely for cosmetic purposes.
Let's hear your experiences.
Wanted to say that the current rotos are very precise - they're the first Asian production ones, higher quality I think than some produced since. So this is a switch purely for cosmetic purposes.
Let's hear your experiences.
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