Guyker 6 Inline Vintage Guitar Lock String Tuners – Locking Tuning Key Pegs Machine Heads Replacement for ST TL Style Electric, Folk or Acoustic Guitars – Chrome

I've been building guitars for 15 years, and have used every tuning machine brand and model under the sun. These tuners, specifically the Pro version, are among the best I've ever used. The gears feel like a $400 set of Waverly machines. They are astonishingly smooth and have less backlash than 90% of name brand machines. For the price, they are BY FAR the best value for the money. I will be using these before Grover, Wilkinson, Gotoh, Kluson etc. They perform as well as Hipshot tuners for almost 1/4 of the price. My son and I built a guitar for him, and I bought these because I was wanting to save some money. I just figured these would get me by until I could save up for some nice Kluson machines, but these tuners feel even better than the Kluson's and will be a permanent fixture in my shop from now on. I've already recommended and installed them for several clients since then, and they all love them. The finish is very nice, as well. No obvious plating defects or burrs. Very clean and smooth finish. The locking mechanism is well machined. The tolerances aren't absolutely perfect, but they're good enough to work as if they are perfect. Other budget brands have WAY too much slop and do not effectively lock the strings. I'm 100% confident in these locking mechanisms ability to hold the string in place. We've had no issues with slipping, and we've played the guitar hard and well for about a month now. Finally, the dimensions are perfect. No odd sizes, holes in the wrong spot, stamping/machining inconsistencies, etc. The dimensions and layout are exactly what you'd expect and match their spec sheet. I really cannot recommend these enough. I applaud the team who were behind these. They did an excellent job and clearly cared about the end result, which really shows. It's not often a budget brand releases something of this level of quality, so I have a ton of respect when they do. It's an incredible value for the price, and I could not be happier with my purchase. Time will tell how durable these are, and I will update my review if any issues do arise, but I expect that I won't need to do that.

Works amazing! Tuners turn very smoothly and stay in tune without issue. Installation takes no time at all.

This is the second strat that I've upgraded from vintage split top tuners to this Guyker product. It simplifies string changes but also provides a better tuning control - I assume due to better quality internal components. They do add a noticeable bit of weight to the guitar.

I tried putting these on a true vintage guitar: a Kent Lido from the 60's. While they did fit and looked perfect, I had to enlarge the holes slightly and use a few of the original screws. The spacing was slightly off so I had to place them out of order, but it doesn't bother me much. I like the quality of the actual gear head. They're a nice ratio and very smooth to turn, and they stay in tune relatively well. The only reason I knock off a star is because they didn't fit my true vintage guitar. I'm sure that if you put these on a Stratocaster or something they would fit fine.

These tuners were a perfect fit for my Classic Vibe Jaguar. Installation was quick and easy. Locking tuners make restrings so much easier so this is a great upgrade over the stock vintage tuners. My low E string tuner was not tuning smoothly but Guyker replaced it quickly and free of charge, they're a great company to deal with. I'd say overall the tuners are not as high quality as higher priced tuners. The turning mechanism sticks out a little far and sometimes get turned in my gigbag leading to an out of tune string. However for the cheap price I don't mind relocking a string every now and then.

They work really well, stay in tune and also compliment the finish of the guitar! The bushings fit my squier J mascis Jazzmaster perfectly and they feel very sturdy.

I bought 2 sets of these. Out of the two sets I got one complete working set. I had to mix and match to make it work. Even then, it's not perfect - I had to go back and swap tuners again after finding that one of them skips gears while tuning (you'll hear it click and it'll go loose, the internal gear 'jumps', skipping over gear teeth.) List of issues you can experience: Some may skip gears. If it goes loose and clicks you'll know. Some may be installed unevenly in the housing, making it so that the gear is tight and does not operate smoothly. These are unpleasant. Some may have more slack than others even if they do not skip gears. If buying the cream plastic set, some of the plastic pegs may be cracked. The replacement hardware is no good. Use the original screws and bushings already installed on your guitar. Overall these are fantastic for the money if you get a good set. They actually hold tuning way better than the stock Squier tuners, no doubt about that. But the fact that they have so many other issues is annoying. I had to settle with 4 of my tuners being great, one having really tight tuning (had to replace the one that skipped gears), and one that has a lot of tuning slack. They work. They're still better than the Squier stuff I was replacing on my Paranormal Tele. But I feel like just a little QC could make these perfect, and it's disappointing you need to combine 2 sets in order to get 1 passable set. At that price you might as well buy official tuners from Fender, Gotoh, etc.

These were a perfect drop-in replacement for the worn out stock tuning machines on a Squier Classic Vibe ‘50’s Telecaster. I reused the original bushings and screws, as the bushings were the same fit and style but the screws included were about 1 mm longer than what I removed. The locking mechanism works as advertised and the machines turn smoothly without binding or noticeable loose areas. Much better than the worn OEM tuners.

Bought these as i felt the price is good enough for locking tuners. Then realized since these are vintage design (looks better than modern though), I had to drill my headstock and buy some additional adapters to fit them in. But once installed its working far better than my stock tuners. Note that even with locking tuners, the guitar will go out of tune but will keep it in tune much longer.

Installées sur une strat Squier, elles n’ont rien à envier à celles de marques plus prestigieuses et plus coûteuses. Elles sont efficaces, précises et du plus bel effet. Pour un tel rapport qualité /prix, pas d’hésitation !

These dropped right into the neck for my Jaguar. I was waiting on a set of Gotoh/Fender Vintage locking tuners that had a delivery date that kept getting pushed back, and I just wanted something with lockers to tide me over and get everything back together. I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. The bushings went in without too much drama, I gently used a small c-clamp to press them in evenly. The tuners all lock and turn nicely, they seem to stay in tune, and they look great. Installing the units to the neck was a cinch as everything lined up perfectly, and the screws all went in nicely. I'm not sure the Gotoh tuners would be that much of an upgrade, at more than twice the price. I'm not in any hurry to replace these, that's for sure. It's nice having the lock on a knob too, it makes string switches a breeze, and no more fussing with multiple string wraps around the peg. Stick the string in fairly taunt, clamp it, and then turn it until its in tune. Makes me wonder why I've not gone to this style years ago.

Verry good tuners.

The first locking tuners I've ever had. Seems easy enough to use and look nice. They are off course a lot chunkier than a standard tuner but not too bad. If I bought some again, I'd probably get a different style because these traditional style are a bit fiddly to line up when installing. You need a VERY narrow small screwdriver to get between the covers (I realised later that I could have completely unscrewed the locking wheel to give more space!) and will need to pre drill perfectly to avoid snapping screws. Make sure you measure the headstock holes diameters! I didn't. On my Squier "Tattycaster" I think the holes had been reamed out for a wider tuner in the past, so I had to get some other parts to make them fit.