Sperzel Locking Tuners

Sperzel Locking Tuners

I’m the type of person that resists change. In anything. I hate moving, changing jobs, rearranging furniture, or changing tuning machines on my guitars. In fact I’ve never tried “locking” tuners and there really is no good reason for that except I like the old traditional post type. Until now. I picked up a set of brand new Sperzel Trim Lock Tuners for a good price just to try them out. Holy Shit! I wish I’d have tried them years ago. These are awesome! Not just because they make changing a string the easiest it’s ever been, but they look great and they’re silky smooth and accurate. They beat Grover and Kluson hands down IMHO. And Sperzel is a company that believes in customer service. You see, the set I got was satin black and my Hamer has gold hardware. So I got to looking and found that Sperzel has several options and one of them was the buttons which are available direct. So I emailed for a price on 6 #2 gold plated buttons. To my surprise I got an email back that same day with the price plus shipping. I really thought they would cost more than $15 and $3 shipping. So I emailed my card info to place the order but I had an auto pay hit 8 days too early and my card didn’t have enough to cover the sale. So I coordinated with Ron Spercel so I could add the money then call him so he could run the card right then. He was totally good with it. My new gold plated buttons arrived yesterday. He definitely went the extra mile for me, and all for an $18 sale.  A lot of companies wouldn’t have done all that unless it was a substantial order. But they treated me like it was a big order. And the icing on the cake was that the order was paid for on Friday morning and it was delivered on Monday. Not a big deal you say? They’re in Cleveland, Ohio and I’m in Phoenix, Az. Pretty freakin’ fast if you ask me. Bottom line is they’re a great company to deal with, they build a top quality product that does what they say it does, and it’s all done right here in the good ol’ U.S.A. Nothing gets farmed out to another country. They’ve now got a loyal customer in me from now on.

And in case you were wondering how they look with gold buttons and the rest of the unit all black? Awesome! The effect is best described as similar to a Browning Hi-Power 9mm with a stainless frame and a blued slide (or vice-versa). I love this look.

What tuners do you use? Leave an answer in the comments below.