Machineheads, what's your preferance?

[FELINEGUITARS]

My faves: LSR gearless tuners. 40:1 ration (or something like that). These are locking micro-machine tuners with a linear pull. (micrometer like action).

Some people find them ugly but I find them pretty cool extremely practical - once an initial learning time has been experienced.

Yeah - they are great
You are definitely right about the learning bit- learning how they work and how a string is secured in
Some very clever engineering going on in them
Sadly too clever for some players

[Philly Q]

In my humble opinion the Gotoh 510 tuner is probably the highest quality tuner on the market right now. Not everybody likes the rounded smooth very Japanese styling of them but they are incredibly smooth and come in two different gear ratios.

And they make them in vintage styles too! :D

http://www.hosco.co.jp/HOSCO_ENGLISH/Pages/Gotoh.html

[Philly Q]

My faves: LSR gearless tuners. 40:1 ration (or something like that). These are locking micro-machine tuners with a linear pull. (micrometer like action).

Some people find them ugly but I find them pretty cool extremely practical - once an initial learning time has been experienced.

Yeah - they are great
You are definitely right about the learning bit- learning how they work and how a string is secured in
Some very clever engineering going on in them
Sadly too clever for some players

What about the Steinberger gearless tuners?  They look a bit strange (as do the LSRs), but they really suit a Firebird!

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_solid_peghead_tuners/1/Steinberger_Gearless_Tuners/Pictures.html#details

[dave_mc]

http://www.hosco.co.jp/HOSCO_ENGLISH/Pages/Gotoh.html

ah, thanks for that link philly, i didn't realise gotoh had an english part to the website. last time i checked it was all in japanese and my brain exploded...  :lol:

[Kabeer]

I read somewhere there are machine hears which are something like $600!!!
Does anyone know what they are?