Quote Originally Posted by JimC View Post
It seems to me that you'll be doing astonishingly well to fit those big tuners on there, but if you've got the facilities maybe you could consider gluing "wings" on the side of the headstock which would then give you as much real estate as you need. A piece of veneer on the front and paint the back as you'd also need to fill the existing holes.
That is a great idea but....this bass guitar was and always will be a cheap piece of crap. It wouldn’t be worth it to dowel holes, re drill add wood, widen..it be better just to get a new neck....I might end up doing that eventually.

I have been pondering this dilemma for a day or so and here are two options with the existing neck:

1. Line the tuners up the best I can (they do all fit if rotated around just right but there are edges that stick out and look sloppy) and screw ‘me down. It’ll look passable, will be functional but wouldn’t win any GOTM contest if it were a kit, lol!!!

2. Do step #1 above except take a grinder to the tuners which have edges sticking out. If I could trim those edges, I could make it look better. I have cutting bits for my dremel....I don’t know, that metal is pretty thick.

I’m inclined to just do step #1 above. I’m really just making an abandoned junker bass useable so if it doesn’t look like a million bucks, it’s ok.

Thanks for the ideas, though!!!