Smoked hardware with new wing tuning buttons....I hate them

[Gtrbldr]

I ended up buying the guitar and returning the next day. It came with a one-off pattern regular neck profile which didn't work for me. The buttons weren't too bad. They were relatively easy to turn. They don't look too bad in black but I would have likely swapped them anyway.

Sucks, but I think you are right about the buttons and tuners. They should be easier to operate than the small buttons and with greater accuracy. Soudwise I sincerely doubt I would hear the difference, especially in the mix, but that is what you get after 30 yrs perfecting the instrument. Something with deminishing returns.