Me again. I have Gotoh 510 tuners on 4 of 6 guitars. 1 has Gotoh SG 301 18:1. Finally, I have Schaller Fine Tune 18:1 on the last guitar. These are the only open geared tuners I have. The guitar was set up for this style tuner and I did not want to change it over.
Smoothness is paramount for really fine tweaking. I share Wade's fondness for the enclosed 510 tuners. For me, nothing beats their precision, including the esteemed Waverlys. It is just no contest.
I did try the 21:1 510s. I actually preferred the 18:1 version. YMMV.
I would agree... Smoothness trumps ratio.
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