Steinberger Gearless Tuners

I was a little worried about trying these on a Les Paul because I could not find any reviews of anyone trying them. So I took a chance, and it seems to work just fine. Easy install without any modification.

Over the last 18 months, I have used over 350 of these tuners on my travel banjo product line. They are without a doubt the best tuning mechanism money can buy. They are completely reliable, easy to use, and hold up to extensive use and abuse(OK, I did have one customer break off the post, but that was from an impact). Anyone who says they have to use excessive force to tune or that they won't hold the strings securely is not following the instructions correctly. I use them with strings down to 0.010" with no problems. If you bottom out the clamping knob and it's still not gripping your string securely, just remove the clamping knob/threaded shaft assembly, loosen the set screw holding the knob on the threaded shaft, turn the threaded shaft 1 full turn counter-clockwise, and re-tighten the set screw. That will lengthen the shaft slightly and give you all the string clamping power you need. I will never use a conventional geared tuner again - I just wish they were made in sizes for mandolin and bass!

Installed tuners on Schecter C1 and they work great. Because of the Schecter head design the “D” and “G” tuners are close together, but not too close to be a problem. The tuners look good and work well. I received them from stewmac in less time than promised. Thinking about buying another set for my other Schecter.

Excellent product, worth every penny! Though there is a slight learning curve to using a tuner with a 40:1 ratio, once achieved it's a joy to use.

I love these tuners, I just wish that they could come up with a 7 string and heavier string guages option...

First off let me start by making clear that I bought these tuners for the sole reason of replacing the traditional/standard tuning keys on the 6 string guitar portion of a 4 string/6 string double neck guitar. In that order from top to bottom. Conventional tuning keys left the thing virtually unplayable because they got in the way so much. So I didn't even know these things existed until I started looking into it but I knew there had to be something and here they are! I didn't even bother to find out if some other company made something similar. I'd still be curious to find out if there is but be that as it may, I bought these on a whim seeing that they were perfect for the application which I desired; getting the tuning pegs out of the way. With a name like Steinberger made it even more intriguing after owning a Steinberger Bass and being quite pleased with it.

That being said; these are great tuners and easy to install. If I can do it. You will however have to drill a small shallow hole in your guitar to accommodate each tuner. I don't think that this is anything that your standard tuner won't cover up should you decide to go back.

So in a nutshell: If you are looking to take tuning pegs and put them on the back of the neck as opposed to the top and bottom of it these will do it and spectacularly. Again easy to install and they work. A little pricey at $100 but if that's what you're looking for…that's what they do.

Let me stress that the only reason that I took the time to write this is to praise the service of this distributor; One of my tuners happened to be faulty and they had a replacement to me within 2 days of me e-mailing them. They paid for return postage of the faulty bit as well. Spot on, Mates. Kudos!

I had high hopes that these would solve the tuning problems I was experiencing with my Firebird. This proved not to be the case - These aren't tuners so much as fine tuners. The initial tuning is largely done by the installer by pulling the string close to pitch via brute force, while simultaneously screwing down the clamping knob (also with considerable force). This is an awkward series of steps to complete, as it requires the installer to apply great forces to delicate components without breaking anything. this exercise works well for the lower 3 strings, but in my experience was an utter failure for the upper three, where the clamping knob was unable to successfully stop the string from loosening during tuning. Even when the clamping knob was turned with pliers, as other reviews have suggested, the string slipped. And on these tuners, due to their limited travel, once the string slips you have to repeat the installation of the string again. After several attempts, I wound up breaking the 2nd string tuner, which refused to clamp an 0.12 B string. My suggestion is that for smaller diameter strings, these tuners need a redesign of the clamping mechanism. They work as advertised for the larger diameter strings, but given their limitations I can't recommend them.

I recently replaced a set of these tuners for a customer. At first glance they seem of superior quality in terms of technology and craftsmanship. There are however a few flaws. The mechanism seems quite weak as the customer had broken one. He also broke a string on one, and it doesn't seem like you can get it out! A piece of string is stuck in the mechanism.

I would go with Sperzels if you want a locking tuner. They are absolutely flawless as far as I can tell. I have installed multiple sets and I and my customers love them. The design of the Planet Waves tuners also looks awesome. I have yet to try them out.

These tunners are the greatest thing since sliced bread! Truly they allow greater design options with their small footprint and sleek looks. More that that they make re-stringing a joy rather an a RSI exercise.

I bought a 2007 gibson flying v in Hong Kong for a really good deal. Because they told me that they can't find this tuner and the original ones are broken. I used my iphone and found this website, then took his deal. But I was nervous because I never shopped on this website. The customer service answered all my questions in time and helped me about the wire transfer issues(since I had to do that in China). So that means I got an awesome gibson for an unbelievable price. Thank you Stewmac!