Gotoh Vintage Oval Knob Tuners

I love these because with a simple procedure, they grab and wind up perfectly every time. Cut the string two tuners past the one one you're winding, put about a 1/3rd inch bend on the end, slip in the split post and down the hollow shaft, then wind while pressing the string down on the headstock with your finger for best angle to the nut--they wind perfectly everytime. Some locking tuners only have a little knob nowadays, you can barely get one wind--it's unsatisfying! Now if they improved these some more with sealed housings and perhaps a better mounting scheme they'd be superb.

I use quite a few of these and had only one issue a pac had 2 top end tuners. I called StewMac on it and they sent a replacement no sweat but they charged me for it. No problems with the bushings most times I make my own for the 1950 look. The screws go in like a breeze no step drilling just use a bit o bees wax on the threads. Good product great price!

Retrofitted the nickel tuners to an American Standard and they look perfect. With the bushings there was little work needed apart from drilling the mounting holes. As Blues2 says, you need to drill twice to accommodate the thicker, unthreaded portion of the screw. Do that and there is very little chance of breaking them off in the headstock. It is an amateur mistake and the screws are perfect as long as you know what your doing. A handyman never blames his tools...

Look great and work better. Don't waste money on extra mounting screws like some reviews tell you to. The top of the screws between the threads and head has a slightly wider diameter than the threads themself. Account for this and you will be fine, that means you should start with a smaller drill bit to accomodate the threaded portion and the a larger bit to accomodate the unthreaded lip (this second bit only needs to go as deep as the lip will enter into the headstock (not the same depth as the first hole). Rub your threads on a candle and get a little bit of wax on them, turn slow with the correct size screwdriver and you're done.

For the dollars you really can't complain. Nice look, the split post design means no string stabs and they hold tune flawlessly.

These tuners are very good quality. They tune up smoothly, stay in tune beautifully, and definitely add a sweetness to the tone that wasn't there before. They look great as well.

When shopping around I found similar tuners for $80 or more. I would not be disappointed in these tuners if they had cost that much, but luckily I got them from StewMac for a lot less!

These are an accurate and well-built repro of the old Klusons. They work smoothly and stay in tune.

Great fit for my 2008 tele, but bushes were too tight so had to file the holes out. Tuners are brilliant, going to put a set on my Strat now!

I've put these on every guitar I've built, they tune up smoothly and stay put once the strings are set.
Everything I've purchased thru Stew-Mac has been of the highest quality.

Great tuners. Worked very well on my tele!