I have two Parkers with Sperzel Locking Tuners. Unlike others, there are no attachments to the bridge or the nut, the string doesn't get wound and wound and wound around the tuner, 1/2 to 1 turn is enough.

They often stay in tune all night - and I bend strings a lot and use the whammy a bit.

I do one-nighters, so the guitars bounce around in the van, and get moved almost daily. It amazes me that they are often still in tune when I pull the guitar out of the case at the next gig.

Now I can't give all the credit to the tuners, the guitars have a Graph Tech nut and bridge and the string path is almost straight from the ball end to the tuner. But I think the Sperzels have a lot to do with it.





Sorry, it's the best picture of the headstock I have, but I think you can see that the strings don't wind one complete turn. There's a little thumb wheel in the back the locks the strings in the slots.

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