The Secret To Installing New Guitar Tuners

Installing guitar tuners is a pretty easy job but if you know a few tricks it can be even easier. In this video Matt walks you through installing Hipshot tuners onto one of the Daily Driver Necks. Hipshot tuners are great because you can install them without molesting your guitar and they come with a bewildering number of options.
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[@ssiowi]

Thank-you; well done and clearly explained. Adding staggered Hipshots to my Squire strat. I'm using your technique for the EZ-LOC threaded inserts. That mod with the Hipshots let me break down and pack the guitar to travel. Thanks again, D.

[@mikemagnum7987]

Matt, Thank you for putting this video together my friend! I was completely unaware of Hipshot Tuners until now.... Thanks!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks for watching Mike. Hipshot tuners won't let ya down

[@silvertear87]

Sweet. I'm replacing the tuners on my Strat and this is going to be very useful. Cheers!

[@sean4586]

Thanks Matt I appreciate you took the time to make this vid. It sure helped! Also two weeks ago the Mrs. and me went up to see Niagara falls and on the way back we were cruising thru some small towns in upstate New York and I say to the the wife Holy shit that's Hipshot they make great guitar parts!! She says your as excited as seeing the falls! Then I realize she just doesn't understand.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Ha, nice. Sounds like you got yourself a keeper there... even if she isn't on the inside track for killer guitar parts. Mrs. Texas Toast would probably be the same way haha

[@TheVatonaught]

Glad I found you...I'm about to install new gears on a new neck...wasn't sure about how to align them or that they had different heights.

[@adamsherman5024]

WOW. Lots of knowledge. Extremely helpful, sir. Thanks

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Glad it was helpful!

[@WickedFesterBand]

I've done this a lot. Good to know I'm doing it right. Thanks for the video!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

You embody the notion of "If you're so smart... build it yourself" Glad to hear you enjoyed the video brotherman

[@savage3960]

Love my hipshot tuners I will be adding them to most of my guitars. I just installed them on a les paul that some one had butchered the tuning post holes with a drill bit. Those adapter plates really helped those tuner stay centered and locked in . Stays in tune now and looks gorgeous with the pearloid tulip tuning pegs I added. Shout out for the AK operators union (got the same shirt and baseball cap too).

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I like your style my friend

[@KaizenUSMC]

Thumbs up for great info. Shirt rocks as well!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I had to go back and see what shirt I had on HAHAHA thanks for watching Sean

[@kwbalance108]

The binding tape was an excellent idea!

[@scottman-cl4jm]

Thank you Matt, Great content & nice shirt

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I shot a Springfield Armory Champion today... I think I might be buying another 1911 soon :D

[@jvin248]

Matt, I use a little block of wood as a depth stop rather than tape. Tape works but when you really want to ensure you don't go through, the block works great. I also use it for the neck bolts.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Excellent bit of advise there. You must know that the tape can slide on the drill bit :)

[@DeeTee79]

Very helpful Cheers

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Glad it helped

[@79943]

Based on your subject matter, your shirt logo and your disregard for printed instructions, we could be friends. Nice job!

[@richardcramp2850]

your awesome Matt im still workin on getting that Tele baritone from ya or daily driver baritone i love the body style this could be cool

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks brotherman lets get something going soon

[@jaimeanderson5615]

I love the AKOU Shirt. Nice video as always.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks for watching Jamile

[@michaeladamcaira9174]

I like Hipshot hardware too,nice job

[@TexasToastGuitars]

It is good stuff much easier to work with them than some of the other hardware we have worked with in the past.

[@johnmansfield3598]

Nice straight edge, bought one of those myself by far my favorite crowing file.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

You know how it is... you got to use what is close. I would spend 10 minutes forcing something to work rather than spending 1 minute finding the right tool.

[@jimfromoh8944]

I clamped the straightedge down as I did the installs on my first couple of installs by hand. Helps when you are flipping the neck around constantly making sure everything is lined up and keeps the tuner in place when you're drilling.

[@lyndelguitars9478]

I know this video is two years old but I think this is worth mentioning for anyone who is replacing the tuner buttons on Hipshots. Make sure when you take the old buttons off, not to let the two tiny washers (one metal and one teflon I suspect) on the peg fall off and onto the floor as you will never find them again and they make a HUGE difference in the functionality of the tuners. Yes, this is the voice of experience speaking. Fortunately, Hipshot is a great company to deal with and a quick email to them resulted in them sending me six of each of the washers (I only needed one of each) at no cost. I love Hipshot tuners and I've always heard you don't really know much about a company until you need their help resolving an issue with their product.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Hipshot is a great outfit

[@rareform6747]

Back plates and the Hipshot Locking tuners Game Changer ..

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I agree, it's so cool to not have to drill holes in an older guitar

[@peterpetrusa3131]

Very informative

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks for watching my friend

[@Terry3Gs]

Great video as always !! And the ONLY set of tuners I paid alot of cash for where a set of open back locking tuners i put on my previously owned V ... I can honestly say I'd pay the cash for them again if I had the funds to do so !! :) Btw just watched further & it was the exact same set as you used there accept the 3x3 version of it !! :)

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks triple G we have been very impressed with the Hipshot gear, glad to hear you had a good experience as well

[@Garylee62]

Im needing tuners on my strat build with a reverse small strat headstock, do I need left handed tuners?

[@jimfromoh8944]

Like the Hipshots a lot , great vid, and the upgrade plate is the way to go if you are just doing this for the first time or don't want the holes. A little pricey but you get what you pay for. I installed some cheap chinese tuners for a quarter of the price on a neck and they worked fine once on the guitar, but the quality wasn't there from tuner to tuner and the nuts were some funky size that wasn't metric or SAE. I had one socket out of six different ones the same size that would fit on it. You don't want to use the 'gunsmiths metric toolbox' on tuner faces. :)

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Well, I have reached for the gunsmith's metric tool kit while doing tuners in the past. We had to standardize on something and the folks at Hipshot have been very cool to us. Thanks for watching Jim and thanks for becoming a Patreon member as well.

[@TheLookingOne]

Hey TTG, What are the disadvantages of installing tuners with the peg gear AWAY from body of the guitar?

[@MrPhotomiked]

i installed a replacement set of Hipshots staggered locking. Somfar so good and I am crosding my fingers. Doing a complete set later today on the guitar I had big problems with snapping e,b,g,d strings. Will report back and sincerely hope the first set was actually defective.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Good luck man

[@dan_perry]

Locking tuners and angled headstocks is my preference for strat types.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

It's a good way to go for sure

[@mattbeels]

Hey Matt, just checking in to let you know my progress. I‘m into videos from the last two years now, whoo hoo! Just curious though: why did you decide to switch over from Sperzel to Hipshot tuners?

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Hi Matt I really love the people at Sperzel and they used to give us some good deals. We switched because we actually do like the Hipshot products better. Josh and his crew have also been super cool to us and consistently go the extra mile in addition to offering tier 1 gear.

[@mr.esabsurditiesatrocities1805]

We are on the same wavelength here. As a long time Jackson and Ibanez player, bound neck or bound neck/headstock with no body binding is good to me, but a bound body and no other just looks off and wrong. Plus, those are the tuner keys I prefer too. Speaking of binding, you ever run across orange colored binding or paint wood winding?

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I like your style, I have not seen any orange binding, but that certainly doesn't mean it isn't out there. I think I would use white and then paint it with a transparent orange, you could probably dye it orange as well.

[@LeFingal]

why do you put screws to fasten the pegs? they already tight with the bolt on the other side? My Fender pegs dont even have anyh place to set a screw lol

[@jamestunedflat8942]

I bought a cheap kit, and built my guitar from it. Since I've never been able to afford a high end guitar I don't know if good machines have a wobble when strings aren't attached. Is that a normal situation or should I be investing in some higher quality tuners?

[@slayingwolf953]

Hey man I have a few loose tuning keys the on them won't get tight is it because the whole is too big r should I buy new tuning keys

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I know that if you try the Hipshot tuners you will really like them

[@michaelgervais2901]

you had 2 sets of instructions....that's where mine must have went....i got a sticker...but no instructions...LOL that's why I'm here!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I'm sure they will send you a set :)

[@eljefeguapobarbon]

So the Hipshot tuners with plates will work on guitars with trapezoid tuners? I love my Squier II necks but hate the tuners.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

They should work great.

[@TruthSurge]

uh, how is that thread tool any different than just putting the screw in and letting the SCREW put dents in the drilled hole? I don't get it.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

The tool head is hardened... busting off screws or stripping the heads is a total bummer

[@TruthSurge]

@@TexasToastGuitars Well, I must assume you know more than I because if it were me, I would have assumed that if I drilled a hole the same size as the screw shaft (that is, the shaft diameter minus the little spiral bits that cut into the wood as it is screwed in) then you would have none of those issues. It is still wood you're putting the screws into so if you broke a screw head just like that, I would have to assume you bought some crap Chinese screws made out of cheap imitation metal. :) Anyway, I don't think for me that tool would do more than drain my wallet more. :( Any tutorial on how to install FENDER locking tuners with the two nipples on the back of each? I'd like to see some ideas on that because some day I would like to actually install mine. :) Thanks for the vids!

[@mattbeels]

@@TruthSurge There are drilling jigs for those types of tuners. Good 'ol Stew Mac, G&W in Portugal and there’s a seller on ebay that makes one as well, cheers!

[@MrPhotomiked]

i never snapped more strings at the eyelet of the tuning peg of the hipshot locking tuners. At first I thought i was overtightening the lock but all the breaks were at the hole and the little string bit still attached to the post at the locking end. Called HIPSHOT and they said i should file the sharp edge at the hole...through chrome plating! there is something very wrong here. Impossible to do a setup on a guitar or use a guitar in drop tuning with tuning and detuning....do it once or twice and SNAP!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Sorry you had a bad experience...

[@blazer6248]

Sweet! I could've used one of those threading tools 2 weeks ago. I ended up stripping one of those tiny screws, thinking I'd never have to remove it. LOL! The tuners were junk so I had to take em off 15 mins later and return them 🤣 Yea. I spent about 20 mins with mini needle nose pliers unscrewing that thing a tiny bit at a time.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

They are cool

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

I see you are a fan of Rob Ski from your shirt. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I have never met RobSki but I am a fan of his logo. Jim Fuller is a friend and we have made several guitars for him

[@jimposten]

anyone have the mounting plates they arent using? Having difficulty finding just the UMP for sale.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Hipshot not able to help?

[@jimposten]

@@TexasToastGuitars I didnt ask them, but they are not listed on the hipshot website. I found a black set on ebay... no chrome ones.

[@Jshortca1]

Does anybody know where I can get just the buttons in Canada? If I order directly from Hipshot the shipping is insane.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

What buttons are you looking for, maybe I can help you

[@Jshortca1]

@@TexasToastGuitars The vintage style bean buttons like you had in this video. Thanks.

[@richardcramp2850]

off topic ??? bro do you use acetone to bind fabric tops or is that a whole nother video?

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Hi Richard, we use acetone to do all our binding work. That trick is kinda why I started doing fabric top guitars... I was never particularly a fan on the burst on the original paisley Telecasers

[@richardcramp2850]

i was just wondering about the acetone melting into that area

[@slickwilly9334]

I wish someone would show how to put the strings in it my directions didn’t show and I watched like 7 videos putting the tuners in was self explanatory for me. It the strings do I put qtr inch slack in string or what ?

[@TexasToastGuitars]

We have a video on stringing up a guitar

[@stratmananderson5375]

do the Hipshots come in locking tuners

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Indeed they do, we use them a lot. Click on the link to Hipshot and have a peek

[@ChickNGuitars]

One metric 8 piece mini wrench set and one 10mm deep socket bit: $28.60. Matt making a tuner installation video a day after you spend way too much money on tools just to install tuners: PRICELESS IRONY.

[@Terry3Gs]

lol ... well in your own defence you paid less for the tuners you got hun, but yes hipshot are cool like that !! I had a set on my v.

[@ChickNGuitars]

@@Terry3Gs FREE is the best price. 😉 Rewards points.

[@Ibaneddie76]

Welcome to guitar building, we always buy the tools we don't need it's part of the fun.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I haven't done the 50 tools video with the wrench set yet. Actually, we have a really nice driver for those tuners and Chris hides it from me. One day he will learn that I know how to build guitars too.

[@jjsaspo1]

SOAP works as well as WAX & is often more readily available.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I remember that from the boy scout manual

[@EXATTIC]

Is that a 0.4mm drill bit?

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I have no idea? I think he little one is 1/16"

[@gunnerjohnson5445]

The more you build on your guitar, the funnier those closing words get. I sometimes wish I wasn't so smart.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I have thought about that closing comment many times

[@richardcramp2850]

tuner bushings yeah thats it

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Yeah, that's the ticket

[@steveredenbaugh9058]

the girlfriend likes the Bound Body and a Bent neck...

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I threw you so many easy pitches Steve... I was wondering which one you would swing at.

[@upreydeen]

I do not recommend use power tools, I did it once and the crew broke flush I couldn't extract it so I ordered different tuners and while drilling the holes the drill bit broke, deep inside, after getting so mad at myself, I ordered a new neck : (

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Bummer

[@keithmorehead4196]

Ferrules Matt...Ferrules..lol

[@TexasToastGuitars]

No... it's little screw in things, that's the technical term

[@thomasnewton9818]

How much backlash are in these tuners. The cheap ones on my guitar are about a half turn before anything happens. They're junk and need replacing.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I love the Hipshot tuners and would recommend them without reservation

[@TheElrondo]

Hi Bro... I'm back after weeks in hospital. I missed you and your vids. Peace Out

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Glad to hear you are out of the hospital, hope you and yours are doing well brotherman

[@dougdeeper2537]

When I was a kid, I was looking at my brothers Deep Purple album & asked, “What’s a Machine Head?” He explained. I’ll call them “tuners,” but my brain is always correcting me saying, “No, they’re called Machine Heads!”😊

[@richardcramp2850]

they are called tuning machines so yeah machine heads sounds good

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I call em turnny sting deals

[@erchamojosue8530]

No truss rod???

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I guess I don't understand this question. I always use truss rods and recommend that other people do the same. Are you thinking there is no truss rod because there is no access on the headstock? We use heel mount truss rods because it's classic, looks cooler and leaves more real estate for the logo.

[@erchamojosue8530]

Texas Toast Guitars yeah didn’t see it anywhere

[@erchamojosue8530]

Texas Toast Guitars by the way great craftsmanship, I’m getting lots of inspiration from your videos.

[@roberth4688]

Looks like a heel adjustment truss rod, not one up on the headstock. Lots of Fenders are that way.

[@erchamojosue8530]

Robert H that’s cool, i have never encountered one of those. I know warmoth has it on the side but I think that’s even better.

[@preetikaran9376]

Preeeti bindal weds karan

[@theariesexperiment4642]

Bent the plate right off the bat.🤣🤣

[@MrPhotomiked]

i wont buy a Texas Toast guitar equipped with Hipshot locking tuners thats for sure.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Okay

[@MC-jm7hi]

Too much talk.