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This started off as looking for advice on tuners but I thought I might as well aske about the other bits!
I might be replacing the gold hardware on my LP Studio for nickel (if I don't attempt to remove the gold plating myself) but having never replaced any parts before I'm totally confused. It's a bloody minefield out there!
For instance, my '94 LP Studio tuners have the screw in hex head type bushings while my '08 Fat Neck 335 has the push in type. Are they interchangeable? I'd like Kluson style ones in nickel but feck knows what size or type I need!
Also, the bridges are different (or appear to be) on the two guitars. The LP has threaded bushings pressed into the body which the bridge post/thumbwheel screw into whereas the 335 has seperate posts and thumbwheels.
So basically, I haven't got a fecking clue what I should get for the Lester! It might actually be easier to just try and strip the gold plating off!
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Your 335 has an ABR and the LP has a Nashville bridge. The screw in Gibson tuners need a 10mm hole in the headstock, it think the Tonepro Kluson is more like 8mm. As you'll either need to get oversized bushes for the Kluson's or replacements that have the screw down piece. Obviously Gibson do those and as @octatnic suggested, modern Grover's will fit the 10mm hole directly.
The alternative money saving route is to take some Brasso to the gold plate and it will come off remarkably easily, even on the bridge. Parts will be nickel plated under the gold. I've successfully "de-blinged" a few Gibson parts this way.
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I've "Brasso'd" the gold off Gibson tuners, bridges, stop tails and pickup covers and all were fine. You're taking off literally microns thickness of gold plate on there so the threads etc. are fine.
The Nashville bridge will take a bit of work as you can't easily get the Saddles out. Just wrap lots of Brasso wadding around a flat headed screwdriver and you can get the leverage you need to get into the nooks and crannies. You'll probably be left with a few bits you can't get to, but to be honest they'll never be noticed. I also found that the exposed nickel dulls down naturally and quickly after the gold has been removed.
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