"Did they ever make..." (Gotoh crown head)

[Admiral Ballsy]

I've seen the 'crown heads' in chrome (rarely), and in gold. Were they - or any of the variations with the same screw tab location - ever made in black?

I've never seen a Charvel or Jackson with black ones. I've seen some that look right on other guitars, usually on mid-'80s Washburns (the second-gen A20s in black/pink had 'black chrome'), but I'm not sure if they're Gotoh or a copy.

I've talked with FMIC, apparently (you all probably know this) they're the sole customer for them now but they're only buying them in gold - and they're not selling them anyway, unless a CS guitar is attached.

[rjohnstone]

They made them... a simple Google image search will show that they do exist, just very hard to find.

[dg]

Which screw tab location are you looking for? I've seen some black ones that supposedly came from an early Kramer that had the tab at 90 degrees, and I just found these (that may not be Gotoh) with the lower tab angle:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Black-Chevron-Tuners-Tuning-Machines-Keys-Pegs-Heads-Guitar-EVH-/191538101370

[Admiral Ballsy]

Which screw tab location are you looking for? I've seen some black ones that supposedly came from an early Kramer that had the tab at 90 degrees, and I just found these (that may not be Gotoh) with the lower tab angle:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Blac...-/191538101370

Yeah, that's the type I was after. Those particular pieces in the auction link don't look quite 'right'; seems like someone (Ping, maybe?) made a similar tuner.

I've got a set of gold Gotohs; the screw and washers between the head and body are a little different.

When I search for "black crown head tuner" I don't find any like that. All I find are the Schaller-type mounting tab. It seems like Charvel/Jackson stopped using them before black hardware 'broke'.