Locking Tuners For Ibanez Rg321 (wizard Ii Neck)?

[Corsara]

Hi, I'm new to this forum, although I've been reading quite a lot on projectguitar.com.

So, the thing is that I want to put locking tuners on my RG321MH, but I am not very good at drilling and stuff, so I don't want to touch the headstock of my guitar with a drill or anything for that matter.

Please, recommend good locking tuners I can put, which will fit the Wizard II neck pegholes that I've got! That is, I'm looking for direct replacements!

Thanks! Any suggestion or comment is appreciated!

[fookgub]

Hi, I'm new to this forum, although I've been reading quite a lot on projectguitar.com.

So, the thing is that I want to put locking tuners on my RG321MH, but I am not very good at drilling and stuff, so I don't want to touch the headstock of my guitar with a drill or anything for that matter.

Please, recommend good locking tuners I can put, which will fit the Wizard II neck pegholes that I've got! That is, I'm looking for direct replacements!

Thanks! Any suggestion or comment is appreciated!

The Planet Waves auto-trim locking tuners will fit. They're more expensive than most other options, but I liked the set I put on my RG520 so much that I got a set for the seven string I'm putting together. I managed to buy a set from Musicians Friend for $40 on sale a while ago, but they're usually more like $60.

Edited May 6, 2007 by fookgub

[Corsara]

Hi, I'm new to this forum, although I've been reading quite a lot on projectguitar.com.

So, the thing is that I want to put locking tuners on my RG321MH, but I am not very good at drilling and stuff, so I don't want to touch the headstock of my guitar with a drill or anything for that matter.

Please, recommend good locking tuners I can put, which will fit the Wizard II neck pegholes that I've got! That is, I'm looking for direct replacements!

Thanks! Any suggestion or comment is appreciated!

The Planet Waves auto-trim locking tuners will fit. They're more expensive than most other options, but I liked the set I put on my RG520 so much that I got a set for the seven string I'm putting together. I managed to buy a set from Musicians Friend for $40 on sale a while ago, but they're usually more like $60.

Thanks! I'm surely going to look at those then. But one thing I aways wondered: if the tuners are "auto-trim", then is it still possible to down-tune a half step every now and then, or it will be impossible?

Thanks in advance for clearing this for me!

[fookgub]

Thanks! I'm surely going to look at those then. But one thing I aways wondered: if the tuners are "auto-trim", then is it still possible to down-tune a half step every now and then, or it will be impossible?

Thanks in advance for clearing this for me!

Yeah, you can downtune, no problem. One thing I forgot to mention: if you're having tuning problems, you might want to look at the nut first. 9 times out of 10 tuning problems are caused by strings binding in the slots, not by bad tuners. Might be worthwhile to take it to a tech, or even just dab some graphite lube in your string slots. I had a 321MH for a while and I thought the tuners were pretty decent.

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not so sure the planet waves tuners will fit. Do the tuners on your guitar have a little set screw to hold them in place (like this), or are they just rounded? If they're rounded, you would have to drill to install the Planet Waves tuners. I'm not sure what would be a drop-in replacement in that case.... maybe Schallers. FYI, Stew-mac has dimensioned drawings of most of the tuners they sell, so you could use that as a guide.

[Corsara]

Thanks! I'm surely going to look at those then. But one thing I aways wondered: if the tuners are "auto-trim", then is it still possible to down-tune a half step every now and then, or it will be impossible?

Thanks in advance for clearing this for me!

Yeah, you can downtune, no problem. One thing I forgot to mention: if you're having tuning problems, you might want to look at the nut first. 9 times out of 10 tuning problems are caused by strings binding in the slots, not by bad tuners. Might be worthwhile to take it to a tech, or even just dab some graphite lube in your string slots. I had a 321MH for a while and I thought the tuners were pretty decent.

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not so sure the planet waves tuners will fit. Do the tuners on your guitar have a little set screw to hold them in place (like this), or are they just rounded? If they're rounded, you would have to drill to install the Planet Waves tuners. I'm not sure what would be a drop-in replacement in that case.... maybe Schallers. FYI, Stew-mac has dimensioned drawings of most of the tuners they sell, so you could use that as a guide.

Thanks a lot for the info! Actually, right now I'm not at the guitar, but I'll check and see what my tuners are, and I'll follow your advice.

BTW, for some reason I don't get email notification when there is a reply to my thread....very annoying.. I know that somebody has replied only if I open this thread by myself to check.