D'Addario Auto-Trim Tuning Machines: Keep Your Instrument in Tune with Ease

Alfonso ToscanoAlfonso Toscano: El artículo es de una excelente calidad, la sensaciones al tacto son muy buenas y mejoran la estabilidad de afinación infinitamente, cambiar las cuerdas de la guitarra es ahora mucho más rápido, pero sobre todo con la herramienta de corte automático, más fácil.

Mexico on Nov 29, 2023

BDePriestBDePriest: We put these in my son’s Squire mini Strat and they fit perfectly. They make string changes much less frustrating.

United States on Nov 12, 2023

Texas Axe Slinger: These tuners are terrific! Zero problem installing. Someone else mentioned that the screws that came with them are no good. I just used the original screws, so I don't really know. The string cutting is genius on these! Love it! These feel sturdy, all metal. Staying in tune and locked. Ready to Rock!!!

United States on Oct 01, 2023

R. Perez: Bolted right up on my Korean made ESP and now my guitar stays in tune. The string trimmer function is really cool and really nake a sleek look. 9/10

United States on Sep 14, 2023

Murdog: These tuners are awesome. They work well and cut the string automatically when you tighten the lock. My only issue is the shaft which is seen on the front of the head stock is black (even if you get the chrome tuners). This just looked weird to me as the rest of the hardware on my guitar is chrome. If you have a guitar with black hardware these will look and work fantastically!!!

United States on Aug 26, 2023

Andrew: Good quality and genuine product at a great price.

Australia on May 29, 2023

Aras: Very smooth and easy tuning, and keeps strings in tune. Auto cutting of strings is a great feature as well.

Germany on Jun 30, 2022

Miro: I am biased. Simply because I am using those tuners since some years already.
I changed the original tuners to PW in all my guitars. I love the auto trim function. I love how they work and look (whenever it is chrome, gold or black).

Usually they work smooth and precisely. Usually, because out of 13 sets I am using, 2 (two, zwei, duo) tuners are having the tendency to "jump" in some random position. Which is annoying as hell, and forces me to go back 1/4 of turn and retune. But still 13 x 6 = 78. and 2 out of 78 makes 2.5% ((2/78) *100) I will say - that is acceptable "pain", and still love those tuners.

Honestly, with the auto trim function they shortening the time of guitar restringing by really huge amount of time.

Germany on May 16, 2022

Christian R.: Top-Qualität. Prima: Die Auto-CutOff-Funktion ist clever und funktional. Vernünftige Untersetzung.
Habe beide, schwarz und chrom. Das Chrom ist Hochglanz-Chrom (nicht satiniert, wie es auf manchen Fotos wirkt). Daddario-Logo. Die Flügel sind im Bereich der Achse etwas verdickt. Geschmackssache, aber funktional.
Aufpassen: Wenn einem die kleinen Schrauben abreissen, hat man zu klein oder nicht tief genug vorgebohrt (kleine Schraube in hartem Holz!). Hatte da keine Probleme.
Und wenn man RICHTIG herum dreht, laufen die Saiten gerade über den Sattel, nicht mit Seitenzug im Sattel wie beim Foto des "Experten" weiter unten (das Foto ist bei den Rezensionen der Baugleichen in schwarz)
Edit: Mit Gefummel und ggf. sehr vorsichtigen Einsatz einer kleinen, am besten gummiummantelten Flachzange (Saite nicht knicken oder beschädigen!)) bekommt man die kurz abgeschnittene Saite wieder rein, wenn man die Klemmung mal versehentlich gelöst hat.

Germany on Feb 20, 2022

Johnny Guitar: SUMMARY
Nice tuners, and a reasonable price. If they fit your guitar, I think you'll like them. Same locking mechanism as most locking tuners, with a thumbscrew on the back. I like the auto-trim feature a lot. When you tune the guitar, it just cuts those strings right off. Nice. Seem to have a nice snug feel and a decent tuning ratio. Not a good choice to replace modern Fender/Schallers because they don't cover the alignment pin holes. Fits well in 25/64" peg holes. (You can measure with drill bits if you aren't sure what your headstock has.) I wish they made these with a housing that would cover the alignment holes of most other tuners (Fender 2 pin and Sperzel 1 pin look like they would leave holes these can't cover.)

PROs
- Reasonable price for locking tuners
- Nice fit/feel
- Very secure once installed (properly)
- Black everywhere (unlike sperzel's black lockers which have a silver center peg.)
- Fits in 25/64" hole, typical of many guitars.
- They appear to be available in multiple finishes. I bought black.
- Small silver "dot" on center peg aids visibility/string insertion in darker environments. (like a club)

CONs
- Will not cover...

United States on Dec 10, 2014