Originally Posted by trashedlostfdup

+311 and if you do the string (for lack of a better term) knot technique when stringing, and do everything else properly you will be solidly in tune. that s how i always do it.

if you really want locking i back up cath's rec on the grovers in general, i haven't tried that model though.

Originally Posted by MeTAL SOLDIER

String knot technique???

Originally Posted by trashedlostfdup

its not a knot but i can't describe it.

pretty much like this, but i do it a tiny bit different.

Originally Posted by trashedlostfdup

i hate locking tuners. i put a brand new pair of sperzels on a guitar. i had them properly installed (i just drilled for the pins), within 6 months, two were broken. they didn't have good customer service and for some reason they said they weren't going to warranty or have a warranty in the first place.

i threw them in a parts bin and bought grovers (non locking) tuners has been several yaers. and no problems.

i like gotoh grover and schaller most., i think every guitar i own except for three gibsons have one of the three brands. no issues there.

i did have locking tuners on one other guitar i flipped and i didn't like them either i probably only had it for a week. it was a hamer standard (explorer like shape)

Originally Posted by MeTAL SOLDIER

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/foru...ad.php?t=602241

it would something like the diagram from that thread?

Originally Posted by mmolteratx

I've had locking Schaller's on my Mexi Strat for nearly a decade, locking Sperzels on my Suhr for two years (plus two other Suhrs over that same time period) and locking Grovers on my Custom for a few months. Not one problem with any of them, and they definitely make restringing convenient. I don't particularly care enough to change the tuners on my Historics or CS Strat, but they're great and I'd definitely recommend them for convenience's sake.

Originally Posted by 7thString

And here I was thinking eppicurt and nakedintherain were helpful, pleasant forum regulars...

Originally Posted by NakedInTheRain

and remember to wrap as little of the string as you can afford around the peg. the more string you wrap, the more issues you're likely to have.

Originally Posted by SimplyBen

That's the advantage of being such a distance from Yianni. I can continue to live my life without fear of stumbling upon his dark terror.

Originally Posted by Toppscore

Originally Posted by 7thString

And here I was thinking eppicurt and nakedintherain were helpful, pleasant forum regulars...

Originally Posted by NakedInTheRain

non-locking. and if you wind it right you'll have no slippage. this is how i wind mine (on what coincidentally happens to be my strat with locking tuners )

Originally Posted by SimplyBen

That's the advantage of being such a distance from Yianni. I can continue to live my life without fear of stumbling upon his dark terror.

Originally Posted by Toppscore

Originally Posted by 7thString

And here I was thinking eppicurt and nakedintherain were helpful, pleasant forum regulars...

Originally Posted by NakedInTheRain

i used to wind as much of the string as i could around the peg. always had bad tuning issues. then i read somewhere that it's best to have as little string on the peg as possible. tried it, and bam. no more tuning issues.

Originally Posted by SimplyBen

That's the advantage of being such a distance from Yianni. I can continue to live my life without fear of stumbling upon his dark terror.

Originally Posted by Toppscore