Conversion bushings won't work - Suggestions?

[Stereordinary]

I've reached a stumbling block in one of my projects.  My Jagmaster has those crappy Chinese sealed tuners and I wanted to put Gotoh Kluson-style tuners (from a CIJ JM) on there, but the spacing is diferent.  I have the conversion bushings so that the holes are the right size, but I end up with space between each tuner and the screws aren't big enough to hold them on.

Anybody have any ideas?  I'd like to go with Kluson-style tuners because of the lighter weight, but I'm afraid I'd have to plug and re-drill.  Not the end of the world obviously, but still something I'd like to avoid.  Other tuners maybe?  Something similar to the Chinese cheapies but better looking?

[eupat]

I've had the same problem on my Jazblaster project
the neck comes from a Squier Strat.
to fix that, I've made some small washers from alloy.
It's not very neat, but it works fine.

[theworkoffire]

What's the hole spacing distance?

[eupat]

for me, it was less than 2mm between two keys.

[Stereordinary]

What he said.

[theworkoffire]

no - I mean what's the distance from the centre of one tuner hole to the centre of the next? If that's 2mm then no-one can help you!

One (potentially very ugly) way of doing it with the tuners you have now would be to use a tiny donut of 2-3mm brass tubing from a model shop to widen the shank of the retaining screw, and use a screw with a wider head or even find small washers to go under the head.

[Pumpkin]

try the modern fender tuners, they dont touch one another so theyl fit probably,they look decent.

[theworkoffire]

Koyl to the rescue:

[k o y l]

I must say that the first set of tuners I bought for the Messblaster, the wilkinson ones, fit perfectly.. which is quite strange.. it means the Fender tuners are shorter..

[Stereordinary]

Billiant.