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Smooth Gears
Customers generally praise the smooth gears of these Planet Waves Auto-Trim Tuning Machines for making tuning easy and accurate. However, some users mention difficulty in manually tightening the nuts and dislike the black shaft/knob on chrome/gold tuners.
Quick String Changes
Customers generally have a positive opinion about the quick string changes with these Planet Waves Auto-Trim Tuning Machines. They find the process of changing strings and tuning easier and faster than before, especially appreciating the auto-trim function. However, some customers mention that the clipping feature did not work for the thinnest strings.
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Quality
The auto-trim feature is really cool and works great.
Not having to wind multiple turns, and carefully using some variation on a locking knot to reduce slippage is great.
With locking tuners, restringing a guitar takes - at most - 10 minutes.
After the last time that i broke a string during a simple change i couldn't take it anymore and decided to pick up locking tuning machines.
Price
And yes, i still need to fill and clean the old screw holes, but this is an inexpensive guitar and it doesn't bother me.
I got an inexpensive, but very nice looking, sounding, and feeling dean xz.
To my delight, i found that the auto-trim tuning machines had dropped in price.
Packaging/appearance
Make sure the side of the post that has the little silver nub is facing toward the nut (i.
Competitiveness
I decided to go with these planet waves locking tuners with auto-clip, viewing the auto-clip feature as a bonus (i just like lo... Read More
The other big deal is tuning stability.
- they are less expensive the competition.
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- This product had a total of 672 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 28 2025.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Background im a complete guitar n00b barely 6 weeks playing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I really suck at changing strings
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I am not sloppy and i am not impatient but i find the process unnerving
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After the last time that i broke a string during a simple change i couldnt take it anymore and decided to pick up locking tuning machines
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To my delight i found that the autotrim tuning machines had dropped in price
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I probably spent more time digging for the drill bit that i needed since my screw holes did not match
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would say that even including measuring and drilling it was less than 5 minutes per tuner
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The first snip 6th string was a bit scary
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