SavageRiffer
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I've seen these budget locking tuners that look exactly like Schallers at Allparts and on Ebay. They seem like the same ones coming out of China. Does anyone know if they are just cheap or good quality?
Not sure on Allparts, but the Schaller-style locking tuners GFS sells aren't great. A few years ago I bought a Tele neck with a set of those and the locks only worked on four of the six tuners.I've seen these budget locking tuners that look exactly like Schallers at Allparts and on Ebay. They seem like the same ones coming out of China. Does anyone know if they are just cheap or good quality?
Back in my day, paying $80 for a set of Sperzels was the only option available.
Schaller and Gotoh have been around just as long? How old are you? haha
The Sperzels were the only locking tuners the stores carried around here. Then the Planet Waves showed up, but I didn't like them.
Then what happened?
I stopped paying attention to tuning machines for a few years. Next thing I knew, just about every tuner brand had locking ones out.
And that's the history of locking tuning machines through the eyes of someone who occasionally almost knows what's going on.
Thank you so much for sharing.