Vintage Fender Stratocaster Kluson 2 Line Tuners Left Handed Telecaster Hendrix
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:963983 | Model: Stratocaster |
| Features: left hand | To Fit: Electric Guitar |
| Brand: Fender | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
Rare kluson lefty two lines. Among the six, three are as lash free as any Kluson I have handled.The others have far less backlash than what is functionally normal even compared to good ones. In other words, the action is superb. Pat. no. 169400. I just want to make it clear that three tuners have about a quarter to half of what normal functioning vintage stock klusons exhibit in play between worm and gear movement. About from 12 to 1 o’clock on the hour hand for three of them, o...r 30 degees. Three are limited to only 15 degrees, and the space within gears, on all of them, is not without resistance or feeling until you get the post to turn. Any ‘play’ within these isn’t floppy backlash. One could argue that the tighter ones are without lash. Long way of saying gears and housing have not been stressed.
The mounting bases line up square and all are same length. These are stock from Fender and exactly fit a Fender layout. It is not uncommon to find strat tuners which originated on 3 x 3’s from other makers, which have been done on a sander, especially with very early patent number styles, and left handed sets.
Patina is gorgeous, and these will polish nicely. Light pitting includes little tiny specks of rust very evenly throughout and general relic haze. There are no patches of entrenched rust or corrosion. I would lubricate them so the parts inside last longer, and that is all. Ideally these would land on an original vintage Fender, with a lefty player. I am right handed, and no longer interested in making a Hendrix strat.
The mounting bases line up square and all are same length. These are stock from Fender and exactly fit a Fender layout. It is not uncommon to find strat tuners which originated on 3 x 3’s from other makers, which have been done on a sander, especially with very early patent number styles, and left handed sets.
Patina is gorgeous, and these will polish nicely. Light pitting includes little tiny specks of rust very evenly throughout and general relic haze. There are no patches of entrenched rust or corrosion. I would lubricate them so the parts inside last longer, and that is all. Ideally these would land on an original vintage Fender, with a lefty player. I am right handed, and no longer interested in making a Hendrix strat.
