Replacing default locking nut on Model 4 with Kahler string lock?

[varador]

Hey guys

Is it possible to replace the stock behind-the-nut string lock on a 1988 Model 4 with a Kahler 5513 standard string lock?

http://www.kahlerparts.com/Other_Pages/Stringlocks.htm

The old string lock on my Model 4 is a bit tired. I took apart the thing and the pressure pads are seriously grooved from the strings.

Throwing an OFR into my Model 4 helped improve tuning stability, but I think the old string lock is the next weak link.

So let me know! Thanks

[Racerx2k]

Yeah, you should be able to drop in right in. That's what they had in the 86 Model 4s, like mine, although, when I got mine, used, it had the Jackson nut, like yours has, so I swapped it for the year-specific nut. Only major diff between the two is that one locks with allen wrenches, and the other with a flat-blade.

[straycat]

I just take the locking pads over to the belt sander in sand the grooves smooth and reuse them.BTW round the edges after you do this so you don't break the strings when locking them down.

[Rich#6]

You could just flip them over if they are not worn on both sides.

[Carbuff]

Also. I believe that Budman, www.fretsonthenet.com, sells these pads. Check him out.

[shredhed]

Direct replacement. I've done it. But I would advise to do what these guys said. Try to reuse to original. The Kahler uses an allen wrench which to me isn't as handy

[FastJunkie]

Replace it with a FR one. If that's possible....