sdhupelia":21nqor9g said:
I'm curious to see where this goes - I got a great deal on an SC245 last year because the previous owner botched pulling off the old tuners, and there was a superficial crack in the wood near the low E tuner. He sealed it and it didn't look bad from 2 feet away, and I got an awesome deal. That's become my main Les Paul-style guitar that I play out now because it's already defective, so I don't care if it gets wear and tear now.
I had my setup guy give it a once over and install the Planet Waves Auto-Trim Locking Tuners on it. He said they were NOT a direct replacement, and so I now have new holes drilled and exposed ones on the back sitting unfilled. As I said, the headstock already had a defect, so I don't care, but I've been scared to put these on any of my other guitars because I don't want new holes / exposed holes.
I will say, these tuners are the best - the gear and tuning motion is all very smooth, they hold tune well on strings both during a session and over the long haul. The locking mechanism is very easy to move and the auto-trim is AWESOME. On a guitar like this, without a trem, a string change can seriously be done in a couple of minutes with no tools.
Yeah, they wont be direct placements because of the screw that attaches to the back of the headstock. The metal piece with the hole for the screw is on an angle, as apposed to being straight down. I had to drill new holes in the back of my Artcore's headstock.
I was really afraid of doing it, because that's my "classy" guitar, but it turned out just fine.
Now if the guy I bought them from hadn't screwed me over by sending me 4+2 instead of 3+3
I've got an old tuner in it, and I hate it. I need an individual Auto-Trim tuner.
Seriously, sounds stupid but it's such a cool feature the first time you have to restring with it, it makes you wish all of your tuners were like it.
