KAISH 6 Inline Guitar Vintage Style Locking Tuners Guitar Tuning Keys Guitar Lock Machine Heads for Strat Tele Nickel with Ivory Button

I decided to go with these on my Indonesian squier bullet. I did drill new holes because the pattern is different than stock but they fit well. One previous hole at 6th string shows but all others are covered. They match my guitar well and look great. They feel decent quality and turn smooth. Locks work ok. I'd buy again for the 23 dollars I paid for them.

Ive always had pretty horrible luck with Fender (or any brands, really) split top vintage style tuners. Strings slipping out of them, strings snapping off, stabbing my fingers bloody on the thinner strings trying to stick them in the stupid hole in the center post, etc. So when I FINALLY got a mid to late 2000s reissue Fender "Mando-Strat" (Mandocaster? Take your pick), I was horrified to see that it had the split head tuning pegs on it. Of course, keeping in line with my bad luck streak with these kind of tuners, the first high E string I put on it slipped out of its tuning peg and broke, and the second one I put on it snapped IMMEDIATELY while trying to tune it....So I took a gamble on getting these tuners (ive gotten other sets of these before for similar replacements on full sized guitars, all under the "Guyker", "Kaish" or "Music Lilly" branding, pretty sure theyre all the same), and so far they are perfect! Slipped right into the holes on the headstock, no modification necessary, didnt even need to replace the bushings, they worked perfectly with the originals on it!These are freshly installed, so I cant speak for how well they hold tune or anything like that, but ive had no problems with the others ive used in the past. If for any reason they start to act weird or not work, ill update this review with my findings, but for now, they are a straight up DIRECT REPLACEMENT. So anyone else out there who gets one of these instruments and needs better tuners, give these a shot, for the price, its worth the gamble, even in todays trying financial times. As for their build quality, they are nice and solid. No loose posts, the stiffness in turning them is OK for my needs, but others might want to add a drop of gear lubricant to them to loosen them up to your specs. All the screw holes for them lined up perfectly.For around 30 bucks, theyre worth a shot!

They fit easily and securely to the headstock, and I was finished installing them in less than half an hour. The locking mechanism works great and no more slipping strings. The best part is all of the holes and the way the vintage tuners mount to the headstock was exactly the same and I did not have to modify or drill.

Well, first set never arrived. Amazon sent 2nd set. Installed on 1998 Jaguar, narrow holes. These fit this size hole perfectly. Unfortunately, one of the tuners is slipping and sloppy. Impossible to contact manufacturer so I will probably have to order another set so I have the one I need. You can't find the right fit for this CIJ jaguar and this seems like the only one that fit. I would be really happy if the one worked as it should. So, Kaish, if you reads these, reach out and replace the faulty one.

Look great but a couple tuners are very sloppy. I’d say if you buy two sets you will probably get six good ones. I put them on a cheap StarCaster Strat. They are good enough for that instrument.

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I had high hopes when I purchased these tuners. First off, I want to share that these tuners were being used on a 90's original MIJ Telecaster so some of the issues might be due to compatibility. These are vintage style locking tuners that were replacing the original tuners. I wanted to go with locking tuners because of all I had read on the the internet about the ease of use and speed to change strings. The new tuners looked great and kept part of that vintage feel.First issue: Ferrules too small. The holes on my Telecaster were too big so I needed to wrap the ferrules with duct tape to get them to fit snug. Not a big issue and they fit snug after about two wraps.Second issue: Peg to nut angle. Locking tuners are supposed to have little winding on the peg making them quick to change. The G string would pop out of the nut at times due to the low angle. This is a common issue since the peghead on Fender guitars is flat. (that is why there are string trees on tele and strat) You will need to wind the G string a little to get an angle great enough to keep it in the slot.Third issue: Screws were too small. Needed to fill the screw holes with the old toothpick and wood glue trick so I could use the screws that came with the new tuners. Not a big deal but added to everything else....Forth issue: Tight keys. Half of the tuning keys were smooth and turned with little effort. The low E, A and D string tuning keys were very tight under tension and it made it hard to tune the guitar.Since this was a "want to" vs a "had to" tuning key upgrade I just got frustrated and put the old tuning keys back on the guitar before a weekend gig. Disappointing because when I got the keys on the guitar, they really looked nice. When you spend $26 for a set of tuning keys you have to assume there are going to have to be some compromises.BTW, the locking feature worked great. I like the feature and may just wait until I build that partscaster down the road. Now, if I could just fix the pickup howl from the used MIM telecaster I just bought. Unfortunately, I discovered it during a gig but that's another story..... Maybe new pickups....

Fourth set of this particular one I like them