Members gt5litre Posted December 22, 2010 Members Share Posted December 22, 2010 I am rebuilding a 90s Fernandes Strat clone. What tuners are the best and why> Are the Pings just as good as the Gotohs and what are your opinions of the Wilkinsens or the cheap non-branded version available fron Guitarfetish? Brentgt5litre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 22, 2010 Members Share Posted December 22, 2010 They all seem pretty decent to me. I have two sets of whatever Fender puts on their 2007-2008 guitars with vintage tuners... the Robert Cray strat and the Classic Players strats... And I have one set of unknown tuners I bought from a guy about three years ago that he said he had owned for about 10 years... .and I have set of these from GFS: http://www.guitarfetish.com/Nickel-Vintage-Fender-Style-MachinesPress-fit-Bushings_p_818.html And had one set of these on an older Korean Xaviere tele: http://www.guitarfetish.com/Wilkinson-Fender-Style-Nickel-Tuners-Six-for-Strats-and-Teles_p_891.html I'd say they all work about equally well. I didn't notice any tuning stability issues with any of them but the two on the actual Fenders and the generic/old unknown set felt like the actual knobs were metal whereas the generic GFS set and the Wilkinson set feel like the knobs are two pieces of plastic. NICE pieces of plastic, but they felt a bit cheaper. It might even be two pieces of metal, but they are slightly more clunky feeling and you can see the seam where the pieces come together. I'm really splitting hairs here. I wouldn't spend the extra $30 for a set of Fender-branded tuners over the Wilkinsons, but I tend to look for that sort of stuff used or otherwise discounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 22, 2010 Members Share Posted December 22, 2010 Oh... and just to be clear, you are definitely talking about the old style vintage strat tuners right? Like the ones I pictured above? The holes drilled are a different size for those vs more standard/modern tuners. You can get conversion bushing to all you to install the vintage type tuners in the modern holes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted December 23, 2010 Members Share Posted December 23, 2010 Ping tuners on my Larrivie rusted up in 2 months over here in Thailand. Grovers no problem. Put some Gotoh on to replace Ping, had bit of corrosion on gold plating, but nothing like the Pings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt5litre Posted December 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2010 I have a set of Wilkinsen Vintage Locking tuners on my 50s Classic Player strat and I really love those. I have used the Pings on several other guitars and had no issues with them either. Just wondering what id the bet and the best bang for the buck and what difference , if any, I would find amongst all these iterations. Thanks for your help and the Fernandes ha a 9MM hole, perfect for vintage units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt5litre Posted December 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2010 Also, any guitarist or builders have a nice set for the " nice price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted December 23, 2010 Members Share Posted December 23, 2010 I have put the Wilkinson vintage set with the split safety posts from GFS on two different guitars. I like them just fine. I also like Klusons and the stock Fenders that are the same style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted December 23, 2010 Members Share Posted December 23, 2010 I like the vintage style split post tuners that were on my '62 RI strat 1988. I bought the wilkis from guitar fetish and they look the same and work, but they seem to be kind of stiff. They're ok, but not as good as the stock ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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