Squier VI - tuners replacement

[kgbAttack]

Hi guys,

I have a spare set of vintage inline tuners that I bought from Callaham guitars a few years ago. https://www.callahamguitars.com/strat_n ... atalog.htm

I was thinking of putting them into my Squier VI - I do not have a problem with the original ones, I like though that the Callaham tuners are matte and not glossy. Anyway it appears to me that they do not fit - the Squier VI seem to have larger bushings. Has anyone tried swapping the tuners? Were adapter bushings required?

Thanks in advance!

[kgbAttack]

No one tried to upgrade the Squier VI tuners?

[parry]

The Squier bushings on mine are too small to accommodate a set of stock tuners that were on my AVRI. I thought at some point, i'd open up the holes so they'd fit AVRI bushings, but I haven't had issues with the stock tuners so that's not likely to happen for a while.

[kgbAttack]

Thanks Parry! I might take one bushing out and measure it, and see if it's worth getting a set of new bushings, or maybe making the holes larger.

[2002standardmat]

I replaced the stock tuners with genuine Klusons and even though the style was the same I still had to enlarge the holes slightly, probably to be expected though they weren’t going to be an exact fit.

[MattK]

If anyone is tempted to ream out the tuner holes with the correct size drill bit, make sure you run your drill BACKWARD to do it. A bit of a hack, but trust me you do not want the bit to grab into the wood if you're running it forward ...