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  • #1

    Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

    hey guys
    just wanted to chek what u guys rekon about locking tuners that are out these days
    ive got a set on my music man sillhouette special and think they are pretty cool
    but ive talked to some guitar repairers who hate them and totally advise against them - saying that they dont aid in tuning stability, but increase the problems

    im considering putting them on all my guitars
    have u had any probs?
    Guitars:
    Ernie Ball/Music Man Sillhouette Special (custom wound Blue Velvets, JB bridge), Ibanez RG3120 (PAFPro neck, Tone Zone), Gibson V (Seth in Neck, C5 in bridge), Fender Highway 1 Stratocaster (Stock)
    Amps:
    Mesa Boogie Mark III Simulcass Head, Marshall JMP-1, Mesa Boogie 50/50, Trace Elliot Tramp
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  • #2
    Re: Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

    No cons that I know of. I love my sperzels.

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    • #3
      Re: Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

      I don't know if it would be a "con" per se, but you could say that it was "price", traded for convenience. They just make it a bit easier to string a guitar, at the expense of . . . well, expense.

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      • #4
        Re: Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

        I have a set of Sperzels on my Strat, and love them. I don't understand a tech. saying that they don't add in tuning stability.... They definatley keep my strat in tune better. I think they are a bit of a pain to get strings into (the hole is very small, and I don't see as well asI used too.) so if there is a negative I would say thats it, but I have seen some of the newer designs that look more traditional. I think it is planet wave that just released a new tuning machine that locks, and trims the excess off all at the same time. That sounds like a winner to me.
        "So you will never have to listen to Surf music again" James Marshall Hendrix
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        • #5
          Re: Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

          I don't have need for them.

          Then again, I have a Floyd Rose Double Locking Tremolo


          On a more serious note, I don't see a problem with them, but I also don't need them. When strung properly the string locks itself into place.

          As long as you have a quality set of tuners, you don't really need locking ones, but there's also nothing wrong if you do have them.
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          • #6
            Re: Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

            Locking tuners => faster string changes, less string stretching, more stable tuning...

            I agree with Screaming Daisy that you don't need them with a fixed bridge, but any tremelo bridge without a locking nut will probably benefit from locking tuners IMHO.

            Chip
            Heritage 535 Special, Warmoth frankenstrat, MIM Strat, & Taylor 314C(no E)
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            • #7
              Re: Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

              no cons at all..every guitar should come with them.
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              • #8
                Re: Locking Tuners - Pros and Cons

                Originally posted by ishmun
                hey guys
                just wanted to chek what u guys rekon about locking tuners that are out these days
                ive got a set on my music man sillhouette special and think they are pretty cool
                but ive talked to some guitar repairers who hate them and totally advise against them - saying that they dont aid in tuning stability, but increase the problems

                im considering putting them on all my guitars
                have u had any probs?
                No REAL probs. If you have a long scale guitar that vibrates with every fibre of its being (sic) then the locking thumbscrews sometimes come undone, but it's not a real problem. I have two lots of Sperzels and they're great-when the tuners on my other guitars clap out, it's Sperzels/Schaller/Gotoh locker time, every time.

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                • #9
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