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DrKev
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I'm researching this myself right now. The info given to the OP by SBMM is incorrect. The headstock hole is 17mm. The tuning post is 14mm.
Hipshot has quite a selection and publishes "blue print" style drawings with dimensions noted on the drawings.
DrKev
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I have yet to find any clover style tuners that are a drop-in replacement - the four screw holes won't line up with anything else out there. That means the existing screw holes should filled and new ones redrilled. Not a difficult job but if new screw holes are too close to, or overlap with, the existing old holes, problems can arise (because drills don't like to go where we want too close to older holes). I'm not sure that will be an issue though. If we go for lightweight tuners, (which are expensive, I know) the screw layout is entirely different, so no issue arises, if you can live with seeing where the old holes were.
If you are looking for lighter tuners, the Hipshot 1/2" US made ultralites will fit, but not the licensed versions which require a 16 mm headstock hole.
The Sandberg lightweight tuners will fit, with maybe a slight enlargening of the headstock holes, but that's all.
The Gotoh GB640 should fit and can use the existing bushings. Amybe be a bit larger overall though.
The Music Man lightweight tuners have an 18 mm bushing, so the headstock holes will have to be enlarged BUT the headstock is also thinner on the EBMM StingRay Specials and StingRay Short Scales (about 15.5 mm). The SBMM StringRay short scale headstock is 16.5 mm on my bass, so I'm not sure the Music Man tuners will work.
I think I'll be ordering the Sandberg lightweight tuners direct from the Sandberg soon.
