Anyone else think Grover is missing a trick?

[Ad_02Std]

Surely by now they would have realised there is a market for vintage correct Grovers. Think of all the replica guitars that have come from the Gibson factory that should have had those fitted... the Page Les Paul, the Townshend SG, the Duane Les Paul... the list goes on. Yet they had to settle for the modern Eastern variants, which are quite different to look at. And surely there are plenty of Historic owners who would love a set fitted to their pride and joy?

The prices of old Grovers are going up and up. There must be a market.

Who here would pay a little extra to get hold of Grovers that look like the old ones?

 

[Don]

Even though I'm sure the tooling still exists, it would probably cost them more than it's worth to produce them. The market would be smaller than you think.

 

[jbzoso2002]

Im all for it. I was thinking about this too.

Grover should just change the "Original Rotomatics
102N" back to the original design.

I would buy em in a New York min.

Jimmy:salude

 

[StSpider]

I think more than some people would buy 'em.

I would, in fact. Nearly any famous burst from the 50s that belonged to a famous player has them. The only exception I can think of right now being Pearly.

 

[expo]

+1 :applaude

 

[zombiwoof]

Grover most likely think that the changes that they've made to their product over the years have been improvements. I'm not sure that they could be convinced to put out a retro version without a lot of people bugging them about it. The best bet would probably be for some other company to make a vintage replica, but there might be trademark problems with that, and they wouldn't say "Grover" on them, which would turn some players off.

Al

 

[RickN]

Grover most likely think that the changes that they've made to their product over the years have been improvements.

And they'd be right. There's a LOT about the modern Grovers that IS better. Personally, I think going back to the vintage-spec 12:1 tuning ration is a step backward. What WOULD be nice is if someone would figure out how to get the nickel plating to look like it did 'back in the day'. The biggest complaint I have about modern Grovers is that the plating is butt-ugly.

 

[Don]

The biggest complaint I have about modern Grovers is that the plating is butt-ugly.

It's kind fo creamy looking!

I have a set of late made in USA Grovers and a set of early imported Grovers. The washers and nuts on these made in USA Grovers are absolute crap. They're covered in tooling marks and flaws. It's like they didn't even care any more. I use the washers and nuts from the imported set with them.

Also, the casting on the imported set is much cleaner. I think the die-cast tooling on the made in USA Grovers had become worn out from many years of use.