Favorite locking tuners in 2025?

[Baba]

John Mann makes these: https://www.johnmannsguitarvault.com/prs-phase-i-locking-tuner-set-chrome.html

He also carries modified Schallers that'll work:

* https://www.johnmannsguitarvault.com/schaller-m6-180-locking-tuner-bass-side-chrome-sha.html
* https://www.johnmannsguitarvault.com/schaller-m6-180-locking-tuner-treble-side-chrome-s.html

He literally made the bridge that is on that 1990 CE as well.

Yeah, those Schallers are the ticket for my guitar. I never liked the winged tuners, after I had a set of Phase II on my other PRSi.

Having said that, I've been talking about that forever and haven't done it, so it's not THAT big of a problem, lol.

 

[Mikael Dez]

What are winged tuners? Like tulip style?

 

[DISTORT6]

What are winged tuners? Like tulip style?

 

[DISTORT6]

Yeah, those Schallers are the ticket for my guitar. I never liked the winged tuners, after I had a set of Phase II on my other PRSi.

Having said that, I've been talking about that forever and haven't done it, so it's not THAT big of a problem, lol.

If you ever want to get rid of those Phase I's...

 

[iaresee]

Yeah, those Schallers are the ticket for my guitar. I never liked the winged tuners, after I had a set of Phase II on my other PRSi.

Having said that, I've been talking about that forever and haven't done it, so it's not THAT big of a problem, lol.

I feel like he had Phase IIs with the cut at one point as well but he's been scaling back operations a LOT recently.

 

[2112]

Love Schaller.

I've got Gotoh SD90s on a bunch of guitars with 3 aside headstocks and they've been great.

The cheap Guyker Strat locking tuners I put on my Player II are decent for the money too.

 

[Stone]

3x Gotoh and 1x Hipshot here on my 4 axes

 

[Jarick]

I either use what came on the guitar (PRS phase 2, Gotoh auto locking) or will upgrade to something that makes sense for that guitar (Fender tuners that have the alignment pin, vintage looking Gotoh, etc.). I do like the Hipshot tuners with the mounting plate if you don't want to drill the guitar.

 

[iaresee]

All my home builds are Schaller. Forgot to mention that.

 

[Jynx]

Hipshot Grip-Locks are the most satisfying tuners I've ever turned.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I think I’ll be doing Schaller from now on. I’ve got Sperzels on my Tele, and they’re……okay. Not as bad as Sperzels past, but still not as smooth as the Schallers.