Has anyone replaced PRS 'vintage' or Les Paul 'Gibson Deluxe' tuners with Gotoh SD90MG's?

PVO_Dave

I'd like to upgrade the PRS SC245 I've bought to have locking tuners, I'm told these are a direct replacement (same for Les Paul's): http://www.thomann.de/gb/gotoh_sd90mg_gold.htm?sid=07273d7ef675905a92e4a4d2ef7f9738

Anyone have any first hand experience of doing so?

Dave.

GuitarMonkey

"Magnum" must be a synonym for "don't" that I'm not aware of.

WezV

I have used them a couple of times.   they are nice tuners, but you do run the risk of loosing the top of the tuner if you are not careful

I also find they don't lock perfectly with string tension alone, stretching them in helps, but its best to manually tighten them slightly, and always keep a coin that fits in the case for loosenign them again

so a bit of a pita, but the only really option if you want something that looks traditional but still locks

PVO_Dave

Cheers Wez

GuitarMonkey

You are much better off, in my opinion, keeping the existing tuners and using the lock-down stringing technique as shown here: