Why Vintage Style Tuners Are Awesome

In my opinion Fender vintage style tuners are the best for two main reasons. #shorts

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[JohnSmith-intt]

Not to mention vintage style tuners hide the string ends so they don’t poke you and scratch your headstock. I think we all know the agony of being stabbed with the end of a string

[SuperTarkim]

I refuse to understand why the hole-through became a standard instead of this. I have a strat with vintage tuners - easiest string changes, no string ends, AND clean as hell. Definitely agree 100%

[Grebig]

A smaller version of a bass tuner. They are definitely a great tuner for a guitar.

[Bliggick]

The only disadvantage to those tuners are if you're away from home and you don't have wire clippers then you'd have to wind it without going down the hole, or you'd have way too many wraps on the low strings. You could fix it up later, though. I like how it prevents you from getting stabbed on your finger tips with the plain strings; we've all done it. Strings ends sometimes chew up the inside of your case, too.

[Dram]

Does anyone know why Fender stopped using vintage style tuners in the first place? It seems like such a clear downgrade going to the modern style.

[correcthoarsebatterystaple]

Agreed. If I need to take all the strings off, I loosen them a few turns, put a masking tape above the nut* on both sides of the strings, then Pop them all
Off at once. That way they don’t get tangled together. Tip: role both ends of
The masking tape over so you have something to pull to take them off. This also doesn’t work well with a “delicate” masking tape, you need the standard green painter’s tape.

* above the nut as some glue gets left on from the tape.

[someguynamedrob]

They also have a great look to them. There's something about the design of vintage style tuners that modern tuners just can't match in terms of "cool" factor

[quincy-]

If I remember correctly I’ve heard that more winds around the tuning post leaves more possibility for the guitar to go out of tune so vintage tuners would be a risk. If I use modern tuners there are methods to reduce string winds to around 1, and with locking tuners you just slide it in and it’s locked so it’s very minimal winds as well.

[dubster]

I have gotoh locking tuners. They look like vintage tuners but they're locking. Best of both worlds. Quicker to string up, easy to take the string off and on again, look great and no wraps round the post keeps the tuning more stable.

[aitken]

Even locking tuners leave a little, sharp, “pokey” bit that I always seem to find with one of my fingers.

[jeffgarrison]

I have tried a ton of different tuners, may favorite are gotoh delta series 21:1 locking tuners and graphtech ratio locking tuners. The problem with excess string winds is that the string has a tendency to slip and that leads to them going out of tune. Locking high ratio tuners allows for minimal string winds, if any and more precise tuning. I have tried at least 7 different brands. I don't like bad-mouthing brands but there are a few that I didn't like at all. I usually replace all of the guitars tuners that I own, sometimes twice when I don't like the 1st brand I change to. I hope that helps.

[paulcordova]

Not only are they simple and work great, when your done the headstock looks clean makes the guitar look good

[americafirst]

I was having trouble with my new fender Stratocaster. I’ve never had these vintage tuners before. This really helped me out I didn’t notice the holes in the tuners. I had to take my strat to my tech, which is easier for me and it’s only ten bucks for my tech to restring my guitars and clean it up. Plus he checks the intonation, trust rod and the wiring.

[mattfleming]

I disagree. The only time that would even come up would be if you had to do a setup and you just put on new strings.
Locking tuners all the way. I’ll save more time and get better consistency and have more stable tuning.

[haliaxmrk]

And don't forget that having no sharp string edges wrecks your gigbag

[b.rodclark]

The vintage style tuners of my MIM '95 Fender Stratocaster Special worked perfectly until the low E tuner seized up right after the one-year warranty expired in '97 so I replaced it with a cheap open gear offset tuner that held its own among the five remaining vintage tuners for the next 22 years until I replaced em with an entire set of Tonepros improved vintage style Kluson Deluxe tuners. I enlarged the holes with a 3/8 drill bit to accommodate them and they are the best set of non-locking tuners I've ever had; only difference is that they make the strings ring more as I feel the vibration throughout the entire guitar but, apart from that, the stringing technique remains the same as it should.

[alanoffer]

I’ve gone back to vintage tuners on my strat they stay in tune if you put the string on right and they just look better

[robadobflob]

My personal favorite are strandberg's headless tuners. Just pop the string in both ends and twist. Easy peasy

[stephenmansfield]

They're my favorite. Some people complain, but I think they are incredibly easy to use.

[KrenarCilkuGuitar]

YES, I totally agree, they just work! no more scratching the guitar with string cutters trying to cut the excess strings.