Planet Waves Auto-Trim Tuning Machines 3 + 3 Setup - Gold

I LOVE these tuners. I have them on my new ESP E-II Eclipse and a new Schecter C1-Classic. The ESP came with Gotoh auto locking tuners that are absolute crap imo. They are quirky in operation, and worse than that is that they don't hold tune. Even after a week of using new strings tuning would not stabilize. Even though the ESP is only about a month old I decided to get the Planet Waves locking tuners. I really prefer manual locking tuners as I know the string is locked because I locked it. I have manual locking tuners on my Fender Strat since 1991 and loved manual locking since then. The ESP with the Gotoh's would be out of tune the next day every time. After I installed the PW tuners the ESP now holds tune beautifully. Even if I don't get a chance to play the ESP for 3-4 days, I pick it up and it's in tune. Thank you Planet Waves. Goodbye Gotoh. On the Schecter C1-Classic it comes with really nice non locking Grover tuners. Grover makes excellent tuners and I've always had great experience with them. I was considering Grover locking tuners but the price on the PW's was too good to pass up. They work awesomely on the Schecter just as they do on the ESP. The PW's on the Schecter are gold and chrome on the ESP, and the finish on both sets is beautiful, right up there with even more expensive tuners. Some may not like the all black posts, but I actually like the contrast they give. Customer support from D'addario is great too. They make and distribute the Planet Waves tuners. I had a couple of questions and emailed their support. I got a response back within a day and my answers. Oh, and one more cool feature of these tuners. The excess string gets cut automatically by the PW tuners. It really does work. The first time I tried to use the tuners I bent the strings up 90 degree's like I always do and then I cut them manually. Well, since I bent the strings up only 1 string got cut properly and another got cut mostly, the rest didn't get cut. I was like, WTF? After looking at the cutting mechanism I realized that I need to leave the strings alone. Do NOT bend them, leave them coming straight out from the tuner. That way, as you turn the tuner to tighten the string, the string comes into contact with the cutting mechanism and cuts your strings one at a time. Works great. Feels odd at first as there is more force required to turn the tuner as the string hits the cutter. If you want stable tuning and smooooooth operation, and a high fine tune ratio, then get these tuners. I'm getting another set for my PRS semi hollow. And my '91 American Strat Plus Deluxe needs new tuners. The locking Schallers are a fantastic tuner, but they have gotten old. And that guitar has seen a LOT of use. I'm going back and forth between another set of Schaller's to keep it original, or go with a set of PW's. Not sure yet. Get THESE!

These are beautiful looking tuners that look even nicer than in pictures and will even beautify your guitar. What is even better than good looks is great quality and I believe these are. The metal posts are hard steel as I had a magnet stick to them for a test. I also like the fact that the 18 to 1 ratio will make fine tuning very easy and accurate. Now they only have one screw hole and are attached by just one screw and not by two as often is. However I believe one hole is sufficient to install these firmly. I have not yet had installed them and will once it is time to change my strings. I will l be doing the install on a Epihone ES339. which already has cheap $ 25.00 locking tuners installed and they are only 14 to 1 ratio and most of the time the high E and B strings never get locked and one has to install those strings with the old wrap around the post trick. So I decided it was time to spend a few more bucks and get what I believe is the Rolls Royce of Guitar Tuners. I will do an update on this review if I encounter some problems with them once I have them installed. For now I am happy I bought them as several YouTube videos convinced me that these were awesome tuners. If sitting on the Fence about these tuners I would say jump off and get them and as soon as you open the box you will be smiling.

Ormai è da anni che le monto su tutte le mie chitarre, sarò diventato pigro? Metti la corda, avviti, accordi e tac, la meccanica taglia la corda superflua, come non innamorarsene?

Best product...use it on my PRS,S2 custom24

Prodotto eccellente, sia dal punto di vista costruttivo che dal punto di vista estetico. Lo strumento ne guadagna in semplificazione del montaggio delle corde, in tenuta dell'accordatura e in eleganza (con le nero/oro). Il diametro dei perni è di 10mm, quindi potrebbe essere necessaria una piccola operazione di Alesatura, molto semplice, con un trapano a bassa velocità ed una punta ben affilata. L'installazione è semplicissima ed il Lavoro fatto per montarle è ben ripagato dal risultato. La mia Eko EVO D350 Massimo Varini, è diventata un'altra chitarra. Per il massimo delle prestazioni, consiglio la sostituzione dei Pin, con Pin in ottone.