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Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2025
Superb upgrade for my squier Strat! Did not need any modifications on my late 2022 squier affinity Strat.
Ernie ison
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2025
Simple to install. Works wonderfully. Great upgrade on my squire.
Bob M
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024
I have a 2023 Squier Classic Vibe Starcaster and these tuners were a perfect,”Drop in” fit! Whole refit took 30 minutes and then the re-stringing and tuning were a breeze. To date, absolutely no issues and when I re-check the tuning (before every practice session) the adjustments, if any are needed, are extremely minor.Love the guitar but the original tuners left a bit to be desired and these “drop ins” make huge difference.
Terry Z.
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
After a deliver mix up was solved by my neighbor, I proceded to open and examine these tuners, very nice quality. Initially I had bought a much cheaper set of lockers in the old school kluson style and they were ok, but not great. I begain the install until realizing you do need an 11/32 drill bit to opn the narrow holes on a tele copy neck as it was drilled for the old stuff. A quick trip to Lowes and I had the bit I needed. Once the holes were drilled I mounted the back plate as mentioned and then the screw down tops with washer making surer its spaced and tight. RE-stringing with my existing strings and removed the string tree's, I tuned up and played for over an hour and wow, the guitar now plays fantastic and sustain without the string tree's is tremendous.You really do get what you pay for is what im saying here. Going cheap will work but wont be to the level that these are. A great addition to any Fender style or actual fender product.
Michael E. Lyons
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
Title says it all, well mostly. The drilled holes in the 50’s Classic Vibe Tele were very tight fits. It wasn’t a major problem just something to be aware of. It’s a simple fix with rolled up sandpaper to create just a tiny bit more room. It was really close. Half of them I was able to coax in without that. The others needed just a very little bit taken off and your guitar might not need this at all. It’s bound to vary and better that they do fit snug. I just mention this so you won’t panic like I did initially thinking I had the wrong size. These are perfect and the upgrade is like night and day. These are really good tuners. Nice and smooth, locking feature is great, improved tuning stability. I love them. The tuners my CV Tele came with stock were terrible. I’m so glad I got these for it. Well worth the cost as otherwise it’s a great guitar for such a low cost. I am getting another set to replace the vintage tuners in my Squire Classic Vibe 70’s Strat now also. In both cases the staggered set is the way to go so you can remove the string tree rather than replace it with something better. There’s a good video on the Hipshot web site that explains the benefits of these tuners very well. Highly recommended!
Rebecca Grant
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2021
I have a 15 year old Chinese made Squier Bullet Strat that had the typical problem staying in tune with the cheap tuning machines and floating tremolo. I have recently gotten back into electric guitars and was happy enough with the Squier, except for the inability to stay in tune for more than a few minutes. I have heard a lot of great things about the Hipshot locking tuners and decided to give these a shot, it's not like they could be any worse than what's already on there. I pulled one of my tuners and measured it to be about 8mm, so I ordered these staggered 8.5 vintage machines. I also ordered a cheap reaming tool to easily open up the holes.Installation was a breeze, took a few minutes to slowly enlarge the mounting holes and they have a nice snug fit. I was worried that the mounting plate wasn't going to work and thought I would have to widen the outside holes a little with a file, but it turned out to fit perfectly. Comparing the old tuners to the Hipshots was a night and day experience. The Squier's rattled around and had a ton of play and just felt like garbage. These, on the other hand, were solid and have very little play.After restringing the guitar, I found I love locking tuners. I think I will upgrade my other Fender with genuine non-locking Fender tuning machines to Hipshot tuners. I use a Boss plug in tuner pedal and the Squier stays in tune all day. If it needs any adjustment, it's just a little and I'm pretty sure that is more to the cheap floating tremolo bridge. I am certain that if I was to block it, tuning would be perfect. But even as is, it is so much better and recommend these to anyone looking to upgrade, be it a cheap or even a mid-range guitar, these are worth it!Just a couple notes, being these are staggered, I've played around with using different string trees and have found no need to use them. Also, the plates didn't do that great of a job covering up the old set screw holes used by the original tuners, but that's just a very minor thing to consider. If I really cared, I could easily fill them with wood glue since I will never go back to the original garbage tuners.
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