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Sperzel locking tuners. Good idea or bad idea?

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I put a set of Sperzels on the '87 Alembic Persuader I had in the '90s. As with the OP, I needed spacers/bushings to install the tuning keys so I drove over to their shop and they made a set of new bushings for me. For free! :hyper:
 
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Never used a bass tremolo, but for guitar, I don't find locking tuners to be of much help assuming the strings are wound around the post correctly and don't have excess winds. While they definitely don't hurt and make re-strings much faster, I wouldn't bother adding lockers unless the guitar had sub-par tuners.

There's a lot of voodoo about staying in tune with a trem. Most tuning issues are caused by the nut or trem design.
 
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Fondsdale said:
Never used a bass tremolo, but for guitar, I don't find locking tuners to be of much help assuming the strings are wound around the post correctly and don't have excess winds. While they definitely don't hurt and make re-strings much faster, I wouldn't bother adding lockers unless the guitar had sub-par tuners.

There's a lot of voodoo about staying in tune with a trem. Most tuning issues are caused by the nut or trem design.
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I believe the thrust was the diminished afterlength and compliance and not so much the tuning stability or lack thereof. The whammy bar / block reacts differently. My two favorites are Leslie West and Buck Dharma…both use(d) tremolo-equipped Steinbergers.
 

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