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No idea on the tuners. Specs just say "nickel". I'm guessing "cheap". They do feel like crap - a lot of dead play followed by too much turning resistance. (I've tried to adjust screw tension with out any luck.)Does it have Grover’s or the Kluson style “Epiphone Deluxe” tuners?
I doubt the tuners are part of the tuning problems you’re having, but I get wanting to have locking tuners.
Ever consider a string butler?
I did consider a string butler a couple of months back. I'd never heard of these before, but someone mentioned it in one of the many online discussions concerning Gibson 3+3 tuning issues. I don't know... $50, and it's going to add a little weight to the wrong end of the guitar, and looking at the angles off the nut, it's hard to imagine it making a big difference? But I'll keep it on my list of things to try. It's probably the sort of item I could just return to Amazon if it didn't improve matters.
Locking tuners - especially self-cropping locking tuners - appeal to my endless supply of laziness.