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Your cart is empty.Keep your shredder in precise tuning. Hipshot's Grip-Lock guitar tuning pegs grip your strings for positive, accurate tuning. The component is designed for a headstock configuration of three tuning machines per side. 18:1 gear ratio. These are 10 mm. Will not fit most vintage heads.
pedro
Reviewed in Mexico on March 6, 2025
Es la tercera vez que compro estos afinadores son garantía y facilisimos de instalar, le quedaron exactos y con las "mounting plates" no necesitas taladrar tu guitarra, los compre porque al usar la palanca (en la tercera foto) la guitarra se desafinaba completamente, le cambie la cejilla original por una Grap Tech y aun así desafinaba al usar la palanca, la solución fue instalar estos afinadores, al fin ya no desafina!!! Santo remedio, muy recomendables.
SD
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2025
These are a fantastic upgrade from stock tuners. The universal mounting plate makes installation easy. The locking feature means it takes less than a minute to change a string -- you just pull it through, tighten the gear, and tune it up. It won't even make a full twist around the peg before it's in tune. The tuners also feel high quality and look neat.Some tips before you order: Make sure you are buying the right version of these. The sets are not all the same, especially if you're comparing a 3x3 (think Les Paul headstock) vs. a straight 6 (Stratocaster headstock). Measure the hole size for your tuner, since older guitars use a different size. Also measure the thickness of your headstock because you might need a longer post size. Yeah, these things means you'll have to remove your strings and unscrew the nut on one of your tuners, but it's better to double check before you have to buy and return.
Karl
Reviewed in Australia on February 26, 2025
Legit Hipshot tuners.
Assembler
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2025
These tuners are excellent, and easy to install. The only caveat is to pay close attention to the orientation of the back plates. These must be placed according to the instructions in order to lock the tuners in place properly. The tuners are very well designed and make a real difference in ease of restringing and holding tune.
Justin Hensley
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2024
Ill save them for another guitar
Jeff H
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024
For the price, ease of installation, and performance, it’s hard to beat these. It took well under 5 minutes to install these on my Epi SG with the mounting plates. They feel solid, hold tune really well, the locks feel snug, and were about 40 dollars less than what I was looking at buying before I saw these. Didn’t have to drill a hole, no screws needed, they just lock into the mounting plate and all you have to do after that is screw in the supplied bushings (hold on to your washers though, these didn’t come with any). Very happy with this purchase.
Chris Willey
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2024
I had heard about hipshot tuners in the past, but never really thought much about getting them. I decided to give them a try, since the tuners that came on my guitar were not that great, so glad that I did. I have locking tuners from other companies, on some of my other guitars, I would rate these right up there with the best of them. These feel lighter than most of the others I have used before, which was great for the acoustic I put them on. There were very easy to install with the included plates, and I have no fear that they will come loose. I have tested them out for a few weeks before leaving this review, and they have definitely been a great upgrade. Rock solid tuning stability, string changes are a breeze, and they are cheaper than most other brand names on the market. I am now looking for more of them for some of my other guitars.
James Lanham
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2024
I have two Gibson LP Standards with robot tuners. I never liked them. I replaced the robot tuners on both LP's. No drilling required, easy to install and they work perfectly. I am very happy with them and if I replace the tuners on my other guitars it will be with these.
David D M
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024
No problem with installation. Better tuning stability and intonation. Great return on investment to upgrade your axe.
Keir
Reviewed in Australia on April 15, 2024
Excellent product. The mounting plates are great for a quick and easy DIY no drilling installation. I fit these to a Les Paul that had the GForce automatic tuning setup which itself does not require any holes to be drilled so swapping to these hipshots also left the back of the headstock unmarred and reversible for if I ever want to sell the guitar.
Mariel
Reviewed in Mexico on August 7, 2023
Esta es mi primera vez probando "locking tuners" así que me tomé mi tiempo en ver las diferentes opciones en marcas para mi Talman TCM50. Después de mucho análisis, me decidí por Hipshot precisamente por el kit de instalación. No necesité taladrar ni modificar nada del cabezal. La instalación fue fácil y rápida. Más me tardé en desatornillar la maquinaria vieja que en la propia instalación.Es verdad que es una maquinaria cara (aunque no es la más cara del mercado) pero el beneficio es mayor, ya no demoro tanto en cambiar cuerdas y la afinación es más estable. Además de que ahora mi guitarra se ve muy bonita :)
Autistic Reviewer
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2021
I bought these to replace the crappy guyker vintage-style locking tuners that I put on my Harley Benton HB-35 Plus(modeled after a Gibson 335 for y’all who don’t know). This has finally fixed all my tuning issues! They are super reliable and are well machined enough to be able to tune with excellent precision. The plates made it super easy to install and required nothing more than a wrench to tighten the tuners.Now the only thing that I don’t like are the triangular tuning buttons. They really didn’t fit the esthetic of my guitar but since that is simply a matter of preference, I won’t lower my rating. I solved this by removing the green, vintage-style buttons from my guyker tuners that I loved the look of, and drilled some bigger holes in them till they snuggly fit in place of the original hipshot tuning buttons, which were super easy to remove. After some leveraging and pushing and twisting, I got em on and now they look epic and function amazingly.This solved my issue of wanting the vintage look, but with locks. The guyker tuners did it but sucked in quality. This was a great way to get the best of both worlds, and have a more satisfying custom setup as a result.As a bonus, I love the open gear look, it’s just super cool and fun to look at.To sum it up: they are awesome and all I could ask for in a tuner, for a super reasonable price. Hope these treat you well!
OpenMind
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2020
I have a left handed 1979 DEAN Z Standard (starburst) mint - the ones made in the USA. It had Grover 18:1 original factory machine heads. Bought this guitar brand new when I was 18 - she is my baby :) This is an awesome guitar - solid mahogany body - rosewood fretboard - Dimarzio Super Distortion pickups - very tight low action on the board - all the way up and down - ALL GOOD. One issue was - TUNING.I would get 3 or 4 songs into the set - and she would start to drift on the tuning. Tried everything - wrapping the strings nice - being careful of my playing style etc. Still - 3 or 4 songs is what I got.THEN - I tried this:ROLLER BRIDGE1) I replaced the original "Tune O Matic" chrome bridge - with a ROLLER version of the Tune O Matic. This is important - those sharp edges on the standard Tune O Matics - not only break strings (when the strings get old) - but - they are not smooth with the sliding of the strings during tuning. (pretty much all Gibson guitars (or knock off Gibson guitars have Tune O Matic bridges) - something to think about. AND it does not cost much - like $40.HIPSHOT LOCKING TUNERS2) Pretty much all Hipshot tuners come with the universal install plates. This was huge. I did NOT want to have to drill new holes to install these - NOT - in my 40 year old vintage guitar. This Macgyver (install) works really well. No screws needed. JUST BE SURE YOU KNOW THE PROPER DIAMETER OF THE TUNER PEG HOLES. - you would not want to have to drill the main tuner holes larger - that would be a bad thing - if the guitar is a keeper - that would hurt its value - not to mention the fact - that you might be labeled a butcher :) I kept the original Grover Tuners safe - and if need be - in the future it could be switched back - with zero damage to the guitar - that is actually genius on the part of HIPSHOT. I should get a job there - seriously :)OK - so - did these installs help with staying in tune?? YES. Where as I use to get about 3 or 4 songs in the set - before she started to drift out of tune - now I am getting about 7 - 8. That is good with me. My Dean does not have a whammy bar - but - I bend and work her good.I think the Tune O Matic Roller bridge (on guitars that have em) - and HipShot locking tuners - DO help keep your guitar in tune.
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