I have a set of these on the 4-string I'm finishing up.  The posts seem pretty tall, and they have 2 holes, one high and one low.  I'll wind my strings through the lower hole to get a good break angle over the nut.

Question:  does anyone cut off the post to eliminate the extra height and the upper hole?  I'm thinking of doing this, but the posts are chrome plated, so the cut surface would not match well.

Your thoughts?

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You could side mount them with a slot in the headstock with the low holes near the nut , or make the headstock thicker so you can only see the top hole .

I would just leave them the way they are. You are probably the only person who would notice or care. I would think if you cut them off, they would get all jacked up.

Or you could paint the top part black so the holes don't show up as easily.

:-)

You could put post covers on them...little tiny macramed post covers.

Or, you could add a nice pice of thickish veneer to your head stock.

lil  hats  ;-)

Micro-toques...actually, electrical wire twist joiner thingies would work

MAybe you don't read well, the guitar is done.

You could macrame a great big post cover and use it to hide your shiny bald head ;-)

Aye kin reed jest phyne. You said you were finishing up a 4-stringer. Finishing up is not "done." These things are never "done." They always need tweaks. They can be rebuilt, added to, subtracted from, trashed to start over, lived with as is...until the next one. .And I have a full head of hair under that sh'ma and Harley bandanna. Admittedly, it is greying, but that doesn't matter much. Doesn't affect my playing, just my reading comprehension.

But don't cut off your posts. You'll never get the post covers to fit otherwise. >:-E

I am not sure which tuners you bought from me that would match the description you have given. Do you have a product code?

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