Members kr236rk Posted January 31, 2019 Members Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hi, Finally went in for a s/h Fender Thought I'd change a string tonight - WOW! - the string will not come out of the tuner >:-( Imagine breaking a string at a gig & that happened :-o Anyway, I am stumped - tried pliers, everything - the string won't budge. The Fender handbook does not show this tuner & it doesn't seem to be a lockable one? No ideas :-| Please help! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 1, 2019 Members Share Posted February 1, 2019 Those look like locking tuners to me. Hold a large coin firmly in that top slot to prevent it from spinning and wind the tuner as if you're loosening the string. It should release the string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted February 1, 2019 Members Share Posted February 1, 2019 Those look like the gotoh vintage locking tuners. [video=youtube;P3IC1C57G8s] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kr236rk Posted February 2, 2019 Author Members Share Posted February 2, 2019 Those look like locking tuners to me. Hold a large coin firmly in that top slot to prevent it from spinning and wind the tuner as if you're loosening the string. It should release the string. Wow, thanks, so that's how it's done :-o I unscrewed the head with a screw driver - releasing the old string, then trapped the new string by giving it plenty of slack while screwing tight the head again. Then I tuned up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 3, 2019 Members Share Posted February 3, 2019 Excellent! Less is more on the tightening. I've had a couple of strings break due to me doing a gorilla on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 3, 2019 Members Share Posted February 3, 2019 You will supposedly have better tone if you take up the slack before you lock down the string. It eliminates a significant amount of string twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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