Locking Machineheads????

[georgeguitars]

SO whats the deal? I haven't play a guitar with them yet. Are they better that noral machineheads?? like a locking trem kinda????

[Sporky_McGuffin]

They're grand. Pull the string through, clamp, tune up. No fuss, very quick.

[djmacintyre]

Vintage non-locking ones look cooler but you can't beat locking ones for ease of restringing. I think the ones on the Fender Deluxe strats are the best of the designs.

[Ash96]

I've got them on my Custom 24 and I love them. I'm thinking about changing the machine heads in my regular gigging guitars to locking tuners as its so much easier/quicker to maintain.

I really like the PRS design too, very simple, quite subtle too.

[frankus]

Kluson variable height ones get my vote - no need for string trees neither..

[Lukely]

Or - better still than locking machineheads in my opinion, are the electronic ones... like the ones on the Robot Guitar by Gibson... and yes it is possible to find a system almost exactly like that on the Robot Guitar for a slightly-more-than-locking-machineheads investment!

Locking - stops them going outta tune...
Robot - stops them going outta tune by tuning them straight back in when they go out...

Now what sounds cooler?

[Sporky_McGuffin]

Originally Posted by Lukely

Locking - stops them going outta tune...
Robot - stops them going outta tune by tuning them straight back in when they go out...

Now what sounds cooler?

The former sounds the better solution - don't let the problem occur in the first place. The latter seems an overcomplicated solution to a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place (though the Robot's alternative tunings sound useful).

[andrewrg]

I have locking, vintage-style Gotohs on the Classic Player Strat I'm selling and they work very well at keeping the guitar in tune without all of the hassle and ugliness of a fully locking system like the floyd Rose.

SPAM Fender -50's Classic Player Strat, two-tone 'burst. PM me.

[musicegbdf]

Have both and Locking has my vote. The PRS design is good and simple and you can use a coin to lock/unlock.

[manicguitarist2]

Originally Posted by Sporky_McGuffin

The former sounds the better solution - don't let the problem occur in the first place. The latter seems an overcomplicated solution to a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place (though the Robot's alternative tunings sound useful).

What have you done with the real Sporky?!
Get back to your pod and show us where the body is.

Over complicated...pah. You'll be saying that lasers are bad next!