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Luckily the base plates are quite soft, so a quick file and I could drop them all in and see how it looked. (Yes, they are crooked here, but before I screwed them in I made them dead straight)
The original screw holes were both too wide and in the wrong spot, so I had to sort that out.
After going through a box of large matches, carefully inspecting each one for the best grain pattern, and then tapping each one to find the most resonant wood, I dropped some PVA+ in the holes and hammered the matches in.
One thing that did go in my favour was the bushings. I didn't really fancy the ones that come with the Grover's, so I left the originals in place, and they seem to work just fine. (I've actually finished with the tuners, dry fitted the neck and strung it up to check everything pre-glue, but that's my next post....)