Same. I dreaded restringing until I finally took the time to learn properly. Then for a bit I almost looked forward to changing strings. Admiring my beautiful winding work afterwards 😆
I have the fender locks on a homebuilt strat. They look great and they work great as well but, I still prefer standard posts. A perfect 3.5 wrap is very satisfying
I love restringing my basses. Especially the ones that go months without being swapped (the ones I'd not giged, not a total philistine) The satisfaction of removing dull, old strings, cleaning the fingerboard and the areas of the body you normally car clean well. Very satisfying
It's not that difficult to change strings and wrap them so they stay in tune better on old style tuners. But locking tuners are much faster and I have had no tuning or string breakage problems with my Fender locking tuners. I won't go back
I’ve been using them for years, never had any strings break because of that. I’ll have a high e string break, if I leave a set a strings on for a long time but i rarely do that.
You're actually supposed to still wrap the post a few times, the locking mechanism is only meant to keep the string from slipping not breaking. If you install your strings the way you have in this video You're sustained will be terrible.
Yes- it creates a weak spot where the string enters the tuner and the tuning isn’t stable especially if using the tremolo. I like to have one wrap to prevent this.
If you have problems with restring with normal keys you just need to stop drinking so your hands doesnt shake. Thats so fcking easy that i realy don't understand how beople can have problems with it
I’m amazed at the amount of people who have no idea how locking tuners work 😂 “good luck down tuning” “unnecessary invention” “can’t use them with 9s”… Guys they’re just regular tuners but with a clamp inside to stop slipping, there’s no downsides
Lol, you can leave them unlocked and they’re just regular tuners. There’s objectively no downside to locking tuners and I’ve never a met a guitar player in real life that hates them. Maybe a few indifferent to them or they’re not “must haves” for them.
I bought some and when I went to put them on, the little nubs that go into the back of the headstock are a bit higher on the tuner idk wat to do i thought somting like that would be the same for all 6 in line to be universal. Am I missing something?
It not 1982, today we have lockers, guitar processors, high performance computers with daw and other pro tools, youtube, thousands lessons and "how to" video for any aspect of music production. But we haven't good music
You hit the nail man...! And you can't learn to play in a band context. Because all of the kiddies staring at their cellphones. That'll gonna be a sad world.... Hope I die before I get old....😆
Why were these things not normalized way early on? I’m sure a ton of people quit playing guitar once they popped their first few strings and never got more because they didn’t know how to put some winds on a post
I never do I line the tuning peg hole, straight with the neck. I put the string in, make sure all of the slack is out and lock it down, never have any problems.
@@minisurfbanana nope. Mans left like half a wind around his post. Works for whatever tuning you put it in, but good luck going anywhere farther than a half step down
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Yeah, we had “After you’re done building spaceships or serving tables, get yourself a set of locking tuners” in the initial script, but the video decided for itself.
Either your tuner hole has a sharp edge or maybe you're tightening too hard. 13 years and I can remember one time it snapped there and I had the strings on for months at that point. Old strings or new, it shouldn't be a problem.
@@ursafan40 It becomes a problem on guitars that don't see high-frequency string changes. Repeated tuning over time causes the clamp point to wear and break b/c it has no wrap to help support the stress. Most players who use this style of locking tuner do so for speed in string changes... and b/c they change strings at a higher frequency, they don't usually notice a breakage issue due to prolonged wear. For the guy who plays every night in his garage and only changes strings a few times/year, he's going to break them on short order- just from tuning. Now, if you want to talk vintage-style peg locks, I'm all ears, as that is a far superior design.
@@jmakc3541 I'll take your word for it, but for a few years, I was that guy who didn't change his strings but a couple times a year. Never had a problem. Then I started playing with other people and they let me know "Your strings are dead, sound like crap, change them. Trust me guitar's tone will be much better" They were right.
@@jmakc3541 I put coated strings and locking tuners on my Ibanez RG so I don't have to mess with the floyd rose so often. I can go easily a year without feeling the need to change a string, never once had a problem with my RG breaking a 9-42 set even with chinese locking tuners and me going ham on the floyd.
Love my locking tuners! Better tuning stability and so easy to change strings.
I like restringing my guitar, therapeutic almost. Makes me one with the wood 😂
Same. I dreaded restringing until I finally took the time to learn properly. Then for a bit I almost looked forward to changing strings. Admiring my beautiful winding work afterwards 😆
I only want to tempt suicide when i change strings, maybe not on normal guitars. But on the Floyd Rose? Jesus...
I have the fender locks on a homebuilt strat. They look great and they work great as well but, I still prefer standard posts. A perfect 3.5 wrap is very satisfying
I love restringing my basses. Especially the ones that go months without being swapped (the ones I'd not giged, not a total philistine)
The satisfaction of removing dull, old strings, cleaning the fingerboard and the areas of the body you normally car clean well. Very satisfying
months? my bass will get a restring when my grandchildren inherit it
Whats a good bass string? I like deep lows bottom end sound
@@SaltyPopcornTv 😂😂😂
I like playing metal, so I like the crisp sound of fresh strings
@@hadleymanmusic personally swear by Rotosound Swing 66 Nickel 100 or 110 on the E
Yes, i will put locking tuners on my all original 1962 Strat.
Lockinh tuners doesn't affect your tone neither your life
Ahhh guitar boomers never change never change
cant you add locking tuners??
@@spaghettisauce445it’s vintage
It will lower the value duh
forget the resell value if you want to play it. But if you want to play it, yes add locking tuners.
It's not that difficult to change strings and wrap them so they stay in tune better on old style tuners.
But locking tuners are much faster and I have had no tuning or string breakage problems with my Fender locking tuners.
I won't go back
Each guitar I’ve had weigh locking tuning pegs I’ve swapped out for the traditional tuning pegs and just locked the strings in with a luthiers knot.
On a guitar with pickguard-mounted componets, locking tuners are great if you like to fiddle with the electronics.
I just got a sterling cutlass and it has looking tuners and I’m still figuring it out but it is way easier. And less scary
Yeah, less scary!
Me crying with vintage style tuners
This will work for lower strings but any that aren’t wound can snap pretty easily if they are locked like that
I’ve been using them for years, never had any strings break because of that.
I’ll have a high e string break, if I leave a set a strings on for a long time but i rarely do that.
thats criminal
I don't cut them, I twist them off
Im an old fashioned way kinda man lmao it takes me ages to restring
The solution is to barely ever change the strings.
@@sanyavanya As a bass player I approve your statement. 😂
@@DudeTotally1000buying a new bass is cheaper than changing the strings
@@VEV-cu6no It definitely feels that way. I'm from the Jamerson school, that tone that only comes from old ass strings is great.
I'm going to keep doing this.
You're actually supposed to still wrap the post a few times, the locking mechanism is only meant to keep the string from slipping not breaking. If you install your strings the way you have in this video You're sustained will be terrible.
Interesting suggestions, I should check that.
Yes- it creates a weak spot where the string enters the tuner and the tuning isn’t stable especially if using the tremolo. I like to have one wrap to prevent this.
@@nickkellie I still do three on the bass strings and 5 to 8 on the treble it helps pull the strings lower across the nut for better sustain.
O my fingies huwt..
It is infact gorge Olson's 1982
With a crank handle winder you save- what? maybe five minutes? And what if you want to go to drop D or any other alternate tuning?
Then you can, nothing changes.
If you have problems with restring with normal keys you just need to stop drinking so your hands doesnt shake. Thats so fcking easy that i realy don't understand how beople can have problems with it
Only wrapped once?
That's the point of locking tuners, you don't need to wrap them at all
I’m amazed at the amount of people who have no idea how locking tuners work 😂 “good luck down tuning” “unnecessary invention” “can’t use them with 9s”… Guys they’re just regular tuners but with a clamp inside to stop slipping, there’s no downsides
Lol, you can leave them unlocked and they’re just regular tuners. There’s objectively no downside to locking tuners and I’ve never a met a guitar player in real life that hates them. Maybe a few indifferent to them or they’re not “must haves” for them.
waiting for the next video
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What kind of monster tarnishes an entire pack of strings for one string
I bought some and when I went to put them on, the little nubs that go into the back of the headstock are a bit higher on the tuner idk wat to do i thought somting like that would be the same for all 6 in line to be universal. Am I missing something?
It not 1982, today we have lockers, guitar processors, high performance computers with daw and other pro tools, youtube, thousands lessons and "how to" video for any aspect of music production.
But we haven't good music
You hit the nail man...! And you can't learn to play in a band context. Because all of the kiddies staring at their cellphones.
That'll gonna be a sad world....
Hope I die before I get old....😆
The world looks mighty bland in the eyes of someone that only sees it through a painted on window
Why were these things not normalized way early on? I’m sure a ton of people quit playing guitar once they popped their first few strings and never got more because they didn’t know how to put some winds on a post
I'm confused, I thought locking tuners locked the tuners from going out of tune. Do they not?
But I like wounded
the luthier knot can be done by a 5 year old
You still need to wrap 1x
I usually don't even wrap 1x, works just fine.
I never do
I line the tuning peg hole, straight with the neck.
I put the string in, make sure all of the slack is out and lock it down, never have any problems.
have fun downtuning 👍🏼
I have locking tuners and I can still tune down
It's not like you pull them to pitch then lock them
😂😂😂😂 is this a joke???
@@minisurfbanana nope. Mans left like half a wind around his post. Works for whatever tuning you put it in, but good luck going anywhere farther than a half step down
@@krafgeetar4013 that's how much I have on my locking tuners and I can go from E standard to drop B and lower if needed
I mean you can’t go down multiple whole steps ig, but I can do E to D just fine
Does bass guitar have like that?
1st off who uses scissors to open their guitar strings lol?
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At first you've gotta make money to buy them bruh
Yeah, we had “After you’re done building spaceships or serving tables, get yourself a set of locking tuners” in the initial script, but the video decided for itself.
1 cutting string like this will rip off your case 2 i have almost same amount of wire on the tune without any locking tuners
After cutting the string I usually push the pointy end inwards so that it doesn't mess with my case.
@@sanyavanya yep, i do the same 👍
Another invention that was never needed. Just something to sell.
They literally hardly make a guitar anymore expensive and they’re a really nice convenience upgrade
No.
No
just get a Floyd Rose double locking stays in tune a lot longer than that crap a caster
Bit harder to change strings and fender still makes great guitars
@@user-gx9pd2uj5o If you say so. Not a fender crapocasters fan.
A Floyd Rose is one of the only things I could think of worse than locking tuners.
Locking tuners are terrible
No thanks, bro. I play 9's and I get tired of buying new strings from the B and E breaking at the point of the clamp.
Either your tuner hole has a sharp edge or maybe you're tightening too hard. 13 years and I can remember one time it snapped there and I had the strings on for months at that point.
Old strings or new, it shouldn't be a problem.
@@ursafan40 It becomes a problem on guitars that don't see high-frequency string changes. Repeated tuning over time causes the clamp point to wear and break b/c it has no wrap to help support the stress. Most players who use this style of locking tuner do so for speed in string changes... and b/c they change strings at a higher frequency, they don't usually notice a breakage issue due to prolonged wear. For the guy who plays every night in his garage and only changes strings a few times/year, he's going to break them on short order- just from tuning. Now, if you want to talk vintage-style peg locks, I'm all ears, as that is a far superior design.
@@jmakc3541 I'll take your word for it, but for a few years, I was that guy who didn't change his strings but a couple times a year. Never had a problem.
Then I started playing with other people and they let me know "Your strings are dead, sound like crap, change them. Trust me guitar's tone will be much better"
They were right.
@@jmakc3541 I put coated strings and locking tuners on my Ibanez RG so I don't have to mess with the floyd rose so often. I can go easily a year without feeling the need to change a string, never once had a problem with my RG breaking a 9-42 set even with chinese locking tuners and me going ham on the floyd.
@@jmakc3541 so you don't have to wrap string around..just lock?
ew wtf no, don't put strings on like that, wind them.
Don't need too🤷♂️
No.