'Luthier's Love' locking tuners review.

OilCityPickups · August 2013

I somehow don't think many standard American Strats will ever be subject to the authenticity nazis ... were it a custom shop job ... or an old one ... then that's a different matter.
To me instruments are to be played and their function is to make music ... adopting the stamp collector mentality isn't in my nature

RocknRollDave · August 2013

Hmmm very interested in these as I think they would suite my PRS SE EG. I've upgraded the electrics, now just need to swap the tuners as the stock ones are OK but not perfect.

Dave_Mc · August 2013

Thanks for the review. I'll keep those in mind.

ICBM · August 2013

TheGuitarWeasel said:

I somehow don't think many standard American Strats will ever be subject to the authenticity nazis ... were it a custom shop job ... or an old one ... then that's a different matter.
To me instruments are to be played and their function is to make music ... adopting the stamp collector mentality isn't in my nature

I agree, but I still don't like to modify something unnecessarily and irreversibly when the correct part to do the job properly is available! Even when slightly more expensive than a cheap bodge solution.

To be honest it's the workmanship issue that bothers me more than the originality - replacing the neat two-dowel Fender tuners with screwed tuners is a bodge no matter how you look at it, both because it's less good than using the dowels and involves drilling extra holes outside the footprint of the tuner.

Replacement tuners of almost every conceivable footprint to match old ones are available now, so they will always be my first choice when changing any. About the only exception are Sperzels, and even then the extra hole is within the footprint of most other tuners, so less of an issue.

I also wouldn't be surprised if modern USA Fenders one day become valuable - for example if production moves entirely to Mexico or something - look at what's happened to the 70s horrors we both hate! And fully agree that modifying can improve... but at the cost of 'value'.

John_A · August 2013

Ive got a few sets of these on different guitars and they really are good. I bought some that 'looked the same' off ebay but were a few quid less and they were rubbish!

dchwhite · August 2013

Thanks for the tuner recommendation, as well as the reamer info. I've pondered those axesrus lockers for ages... Now next time I need tuners, I know what to do

Sporky · August 2013

I've used the Axetec version a few times and they're very good. They look to be the same thing from the photos.

OilCityPickups · August 2013

Sporky said:

I've used the Axetec version a few times and they're very good. They look to be the same thing from the photos.

Yeah, I'm guessing they're all from the same importers

Axetec are good as well ... so it's just the best price that tips the scales either way.

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