Hi all-

I have a 1969 Gretsch 6120 that I dearly love, but the tuners are horribly out of whack. I'm curious if anyone can ID them so that hopefully I can find a drop in replacement and bag the old ones.

My best guess is some kind of Grover Sta-Tite with a back housing I've never seen on another guitar before. Beyond this, not sure at all.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

The tuner are called van Gent´s

On the top of the page where this thread is there's a permanant thread with the various tuners Gretsch used. You should add a photo.

In the main post there by Afire he correctly points out that your tuners were the same ones used on Hofners in the late 60s.

I don't know if they are Van Gents (neither did Afire) but I'll take Ralf's word. Here is a late 60s Hofner Committee with your tuners and the guy doesn't expressly state they are Van Gents.

http://www.vintagehofner.co...

Thanks so much guys! I'm pretty savvy with this stuff usually, but I'd never seen anything like these and I need them to go away so I can tune this guitar reliably.

I'll take a gander at the thread per your instructions Knavel.

Thanks again.

Lee

Lee... did I see that you finally sold the natural finish pre-Streamliner?