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Originally Posted by Wade Hampton
...I have had open gear Gotoh 510's on several instruments, and those simply don't compare in terms of overall accuracy to the sealed gear 510's. It's been open gear 510's that I've replaced with sealed gear 510 minis on at least two occasions, and got better accuracy once I did...
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While I have Gotoh 510's on one guitar, standard Taylor tuners on another, a few sets of Grover Rotos on other guitars, it has always been my feeling that, cool or not, open backed tuners have been more difficult from a functional standpoint as Wade has pointed out. How important the differences are will vary from player to player. After all, orchestral string players still rely on pure friction systems and seem to be able to get their instruments in tune just fine.