Is your vintage tone machine drifting out of tune in the middle of the set? The Hipshot® Vintage Tuner Upgrade Kit is a risk-free step toward giving you consistent results from your beloved guitar. The Grip-Lock™ system securely clamps the string ends so that your pitch remains right where you set it. The 11/32” [8.5mm] tuning post shank and the UMP™ (Universal Mount Plate) allow the upgrade kit to install on your vintage guitar with no alterations to the headstock. At the drop of a hat, your old tuning machines can be reinstalled with no evidence that you ever upgraded.
Vintage style tuners retrofit guitars with 11/32" [8.5mm] headstock holes
Included UMP™ (Universal Mount Plate) for 6 Inline headstocks fits guitars with 6 tuners on a side with no drilling or special tools
Grip-Lock™ pin and thumb wheel system clamps onto your string, no wraps needed
15:1 tuning ratio for quick adjustment
Schaller® M6 Mini footprint
Staggered post uses (2) 21mm, (2) 20mm, (2) 19mm post length tuning machines (see instructions for further details)
Non staggered post uses (6) 21mm post length tuning machines
String post hole fits strings up to .060" (we can enlarge to .090" by special order)
Enclosed tuners come with Hex buttons by default with lots of button options available
Schaller® is a trademark of Schaller Electronic GmbH. Hipshot Products, Inc. is not associated with Schaller Electronic GmbH.
Warning: This product can expose you to chemicals including nickel compounds, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
I had searched the internet for weeks to locate what I thought would be an easy fit, a tuner upgrade to a vintage 12-string acoustic. Only cheap, low grade tuners could I find until I finally came across the Hishot solution. Their Vintage 6 In-Line locking tuners perfectly adapted to my 12-string headstock using 2 sets: 1 treble-side plus 1 bass-side set. These solved the non-standard spacing issue with Professional grade locking tuners that dramatically improved the guitar overall. I LOVE IT. BRILLIANT PRODUCT. Thank You Hipshot !!
I’ve been a long time fan of hipshot products, they’ve never failed me. This time around is no exception. Easy to install, beautiful looking, and most importantly beyond perfect functionality. As long as I’m building guitars I will be using hipshot products.
Got a Roasted Maple Neck for my Telecaster thinline and didn't want to risk drilling the pilot holes for the screws so this griplock system was a perfect choice. I wish they offered an open back 18:1 ratio gridlock set, but I hadn't seen it or missed it if they do. I'll definitely be getting more of these sets going forward.
Was originally going to install grover tuners as the headstock I bought originally had them just to match the holes. Very happy I didn't, these are NIIIIIIICE and soooooo easy to install. Love that the tuners have 3 different lengths and fit perfectly. Will be replacing my other guitar tuners with HipShots, hold the tune rock solid. I have no issue with the screw holes being exposed, rarely notice or see them.
Like to thank Darrell Braun for bringing these to my attention. Cheers
As tuners go they look great and are probably just fine. I bought them for my new Fender Vintera 60's Jaguar hoping that the universal mounting plates would cover the screw holes from the vintage tuners that came with the guitar. I didn't completely install the tuners. I just laid down the UMP's and inserted the tuners to see if the original mounting screw holes got covered. Unfortunately they didn't. Even after sliding the top UMP up as far as it would go the screw hole for the original high E string vintage tuner still shows. I slid the other UMP as far down as it would go and it barely covered the screw hole for the original low E string tuner. By shifting the UMPS to their extremes left a gap (about 1/8") between them that exposed a screw hole shared by the vintage tuners for the D & G strings. If the UMPS were slightly longer the final install would look pristine but to install them with the current UMPS the installation would look sloppy and unprofessional. As much as I wanted to like these tuners they came up a "little short" of my expectations. I will try and return.
Great product! I have not found a hipshot product that I do not like. I think a little more detailed mounting instructions would help. It was easy on my '52 reissue telecaster but I did have to drill some holes. It wasn't difficult and it doesn't bother me. I'm just wondering if I did it right. Doesn't matter because in the end they work great and I'm happy with the result.
Product works perfectly, great locking tuners, great *tuners* in general, obviated the need for string trees. Installation was a little tougher than expected as my vintage Fender holes were slightly smaller than these posts, but the modification was simple enough, not docking any stars for that because Fender has hardly been perfectly consistent over all these years so it's probably not Hipshot's fault.
The "Vintage Guitar Tuner Upgrade Kit for 6 Inline Headstocks (8.5mm Post Hole)" fit perfectly on my Fender Road Worn strat. Dropped right in, no mods, perfect fit. Love them, very smooth, stays in tune. I wish they made them for my Les Paul!!
They hold tune forever and locking system works great and they look great easy to install and overall worth the money but they could drop the price a little
These tuners are great! With the mounting plate they dropped right into my cali series telecaster without any modification needed. Which is exactly what I wanted. It only took about 15 minutes to install them. They hold tune great and changing strings is a breeze! If you are in the market for some locking tuners you should definitely check them out!
I’ve used a couple different brands of locking tuners and this is my first set of hipshot ones. These are a great set of tuners and the hipshot kit made it super easy to upgrade the vintage style fender tuners. I will definitely be ordering these for other guitars in the future
Warning: This product can expose you to chemicals including nickel compounds, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to 
