What's a good set of cheapish tuners for a Partscaster ?

Danny1969

Any recommendations ? Need in gold preferably as the trem block I got cheap is gold

Locking prefered if it's possible to get cheap locking ones 

olafgarten

Wilkinson EZ Lok are less than £20.

Danny1969

Thanks  just found em here  

No option to choose Gold though despite gold ones being in the picture !

usedtobe

Tried axetec or axesrus? 

andyp

I got a set of the Wilkinson EZ Lock for my project Tele and they're great. Although I can't figure out the locking mechanism, they don't seem to have the second hole that the instructions say they do. I ordered them from Northwest Guitars who were excellent and fast.

The tuners are great quality and feel much more expensive than they cost. I'd definitely recommend them.

Jack_

I always consider Wilkinson to be like the ideal baseline - none of their products are going to blow you away, but they all do their job really well and represent the best value the majority of the time.

freakboy1610

I got some Wilkinsons from Amazon for £20 just recently and they seem perfectly fine.

rossi

I always use Wilkingson as they work.nuff said .

Dan_Q

i have standard wilkinsons on my parts tele, its being refreshed and built into a new body- and i won't be changing the tuners. Theyre fine 

Dave_Mc

andyp said:

I got a set of the Wilkinson EZ Lock for my project Tele and they're great. Although I can't figure out the locking mechanism, they don't seem to have the second hole that the instructions say they do. I ordered them from Northwest Guitars who were excellent and fast.

The tuners are great quality and feel much more expensive than they cost. I'd definitely recommend them.

I couldn't get mine to work and mine do have the second hole...

I just strung them normally, as it was a guitar with a Floyd. But was a bit embarrassed, even considering how useless I know I am at anything DIY.

usedtobe

Ive got an EZ lock set on one of mine. Very happy with them.

andyp

Dave_Mc said:

I couldn't get mine to work and mine do have the second hole...

I just strung them normally, as it was a guitar with a Floyd. But was a bit embarrassed, even considering how useless I know I am at anything DIY.

Yeah, they're totally fine strung normally on mine, really accurate and reliable and generally just solid feeling.

gavin_axecaster

No idea if this pic will link (on a tablet)
EZ Look stringing guide.

http://www.axecaster.co.uk/index.php?main_page=popup_image_additional&pID=129&pic=1&products_image_large_additional=images/WJ05_02.jpg

Dave_Mc

^ Thanks. I think I had something similar in front of me when I was trying to do it. I couldn't get the thing to pull tight enough (the bit where it says "pull tight"). Maybe I'm just a wuss

thomasw88

Vanson do some great tuners and very well priced

DiscoStu

Folks on here were rating the Axesrus locking tuners a while ago. You get them in gold too.

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Axesrus-Rear-Disc-Locking-Machine-Heads-p/jn-07.htm

breakstuff

DiscoStu said:

Folks on here were rating the Axesrus locking tuners a while ago. You get them in gold too.

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Axesrus-Rear-Disc-Locking-Machine-Heads-p/jn-07.htm

I've got a set of these,but in black on a partscaster.Well worth the money.

Sporky

DiscoStu said:

Folks on here were rating the Axesrus locking tuners a while ago. You get them in gold too.

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Axesrus-Rear-Disc-Locking-Machine-Heads-p/jn-07.htm

I've used a few sets f those. They do exactly what they should.

Dave_Mc

^ "Compensate for my abysmal regular tuning technique"?

(Just in case that's ambiguous, I mean me personally )