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- #9,468 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
- #30 in Electric Guitar Tuning Keys
Vintage style winds up with modern compatibility in these classic gear tuning machines, featured in American performer guitars. Old school safety posts provide classic looks and excellent functionality, while the contemporary dual-pin mounting system delivers easy and stable installation.
cool
Reviewed in Sweden on March 1, 2025
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Trevor Dawes
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2025
Excellent product. Fit perfectly on to my 1994 US Standard Strat. Really good upgrade, I'm very pleased.
John
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025
Authentic vintage appearance. Perfect fit without modification. Smooth operation and good tuning stability.
escapewheel
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2024
These dropped right into my MIM Telecaster. They have the two locating pins like my originals. Took all of 5 minutes to install.
JimBob
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2024
Fits a 10 mm tuner hole without the need for a bushing like most others. These use 2 pins rather than screws to help lock them in place, so be prepared to drill 2 small, shallow holes for reach one. Also, for non-Fender/Squier headstocks, make sure there's at least 9.5 to 10 mm from the edge of the hole to the end of the headstock on the low E or it'll stick out over the end. These tuners hold tune really well and look good.
David Patterson
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
I don't like the design and extra weight of locking tuners. I prefer the old school slotted head design, and don't find the locking tuners much faster for changing strings (as you still need to trim the string ends). The problmes I have with locking tuners are they they either break the strings if cinched down too tight, or slip if not cinched down tight enough.These tuners are a good replacement for the ones that were installed in my 2006 Fender Deluxe Strat. Both sets of tuners have the 2 alignment pins that make installation easy and secure. These were a direct replacement, and needed no changes to the drilled holes, nor did they require any "conversion" bushings.I can't confirm the tuning ratio, but they feel smooth and none of them show any sign of backlash or slipping.
Louis franco
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2024
Perfect, exactly what I was looking for
Marty
Reviewed in France on December 15, 2024
Très bonne mécanique !
Rafael Aguirre
Reviewed in Mexico on January 31, 2024
Si tus afinadores tienden mucho a desafinarse, esta es una muy buena mejora. Aparte que el producto es lo esperado de la calidad Fender. Muy recomendando!
Needle-Nosed Ned
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023
I picked up my used MIM Telecaster some years ago. At one point, one of the "modern" (stock) tuners failed, but I had a replacement.The modern tuners (stock) are fine, however, the string-ends were ripping up my gig-bag.For some time, I'd wanted replacements, but wasn't sure what to use. I read a few reviews on the TDPRI forum and decided to pull the trigger on these "safety" vintage-type tuners. They are fantastic!I really like being able to put the string end down in the post (like on basses!). The look is very classic/vintage, but the modern gears (18:1) work fantastically. Outside of these features, these tuners were direct drop-in replacements for my stock tuners. Great buy.
mdkxp
Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2023
I far, far prefer the vintage-style tuners like this. It's just a perfect design, makes changing strings a joy and not a hassle. Just pull the string tight, cut about 2 inches past the post, stick it in the hole, bend it out one of the sides of the slot, and tune up. On the standard tuning machines on many guitars these days, you have to do a luthier's knot to make tuning easier and more stable, otherwise you're dealing with bending the string and trying to hold it so it doesn't slide back through while tuning with your other hand and keeping downward pressing with your third hand. :P The slot+center hole of vintage-style tuners, such as these ClassicGear tuners, have other advantages, though. You can loosen the strings and they lift right out of the posts, allowing you to clean the fingerboard, polish frets, adjust a vintage-style neck's truss rod, work under the pickguard - you name it - and then reinstall the strings by just sticking them back in and winding back up to pitch.These particular tuners were bought as an upgrade for a Fender Player Jazzmaster, and they are a drop-in replacement and work perfectly. They feel high quality, too. It was a quick, painless upgrade, and now I've got vintage-style tuners on all of my Jazzmasters, and my acoustic, and my son's mini Jazzmaster. I'm happy!
Kris S.
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2023
Looking like vintage Kluson style tuners, these are designed to fit the modern Fender tuning machine with the dual pin system and a 10mm bushing. But I have to say, after using these, I prefer them to Fender's locking tuner system. I maintain having few tuning issues like my lockers, but also don't have the string breakage issue at the tuning peg itself should I need to slack to maintain. That's my major gripe about owning locking tuners. If you know how to wind strings on slotted tuning posts, these are a no-brainer.In addition, these are screwless tuning machines. Actual vintage tuners have 7 screws to hold the tuning machines in place from the rear. But since Fender has their double-pin system, these are only really held down by the screw-in bushing. They're both beautiful and perfect.
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