Mentalo87
New Member
So here is the thing : the Phase I locking tuners on my ’98 CE Drive me nuts. I love the locking mechanism but the gear ratio is just beyond sanity and the tuners show some signs of internal wear anyway. Somewhere around this forum I found a post were someone mentioned that the Schaller M6 180 standard or top locking tuners are a drop in replacement (except for the shared G&D mounting screw, which is an easy mod). So I did what every good internet disciple would do and ordered first (I went for the top locking ones) to do the measurements later, which I did just now. Murphy got me and there is an issue. The height of the string hole for the PRS phase I is somewhere around 24mm, the height of the Schallers is 19,7mm. The consequence will be a sharper breaking angle at the nut. Do you have some experience if this will result in some issues like tuning stability etc…?

