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"The best tuning keys on the market."
—Tony Rice
Modern precision with vintage style
With Waverly tuners, your guitar plays in tune and stays in tune. Their acclaimed design, precise 16:1 gear ratio, long-life stainless steel/bronze construction, and smooth, reliable operation have made them the favorite of renowned guitarmakers and musicians for their finest instruments.
Martin, Gibson, Collings, Santa Cruz, Huss & Dalton, Sams, Bourgeois and other guitarmakers specify Waverly tuners for their top-line instruments.
Why do the pros choose Waverly tuners?
Smoother, more efficient tuning.
Waverly's renowned gear mechanism is second to none. Waverly tuners feature a proven, precisely machined design ensuring accurate, efficient gear alignment. Nylon worm gear bushings enhance the smooth feel. The result: looseness is eliminated—your guitar plays in tune and stays in tune.
Longer life with less wear.
Waverly's stainless steel worm gear and machined bronze alloy string post gear are more durable than the brass gears used in other tuners.
Vintage details.
The look is right at home on vintage-style instruments. Authentic "Vintage Oval" knobs (as found on the famous late-'30s Martin D-28 played by Clarence White and Tony Rice) are solid brass, not die-cast, with the historically-correct shape not found on other modern tuners.
Set of 6: 3-left/3-right
Mounting screws and bushings included
The sturdy steel baseplates have the authentic 1930s footprint. String posts are vintage-style tapered 1/4"-diameter brass, with press-fit knurled brass hex bushings to fit 11/32"-diameter pegholes. Slot-head mounting screws complete the vintage look; there are no additional holes to drill on many older Martins.
Mark L.
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2024
Waverly tuners are the best. Not only do they work well, but they look special, too.
Bob Bukantis
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022
These tuners are beautiful, seem very nice. Would love to put them in my 1936 000-18, but the posts are too fat, and I would have to modify the guitar to make them fit. I had been told that they typically just "drop right in" on vintage guitars, but obviously this is not true in all cases. Measure your's first.
Aldo Troiani
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2020
Love these solid critters. My third set. Righteous upgrade!!
Don K
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2018
These tuners are fantastic -- they have a really luxuriously smooth action, they tune up to pitch quickly (because of the gear ratio), they feel equally as smooth tuning up as they do tuning down, so you can tell their gears are absorbing/holding/controlling all of the string tension really well, and overall they feel and look gorgeous.I installed them on my own guitar in just a few minutes with only a flat-head screwdriver (and a reamer that I'll admit in a moment that I shouldn't have used). Luckily, my martin (which had the standard factory sealed-back center screw mounted tuners) had the bottom and center holes already in the right spot, so I only had to tap the top screw hole by hand (which I did by just putting the screw in gently and slowly...which worked great!).I had one problem with them after initial installation, I had used a hand-reamer to VERY slightly open the center holes for the grommets to just "drop in". It felt tight and precise by hand.... But, later realized that the holes needed to be much tighter to keep the grommets from slightly rocking over when the string tension is applied. This is happening to you if you notice some of the tuners don't turn smoothly, or seem to be increasingly harder to turn as you tighten the string (because the turning post is applying tension/friction against the inside of the grommet that's tilting over when you tighten the string). I was able to fix mine by reinstalling the grommets with a very tiny amount of expanding gorilla glue, and now they stay seated very nicely and the tuning action feels INCREDIBLY smooth to turn. In retrospect, I should have probably just forced the grommets into the hole that was already there, instead of trimming the center post hole (even thought only slightly) wider in the headstock (makes sense now why they sell a grommet installation clamp to "press" them in!). Anyways, not the end of the world and they work great now, but heads up on a mistake that is very easy to make if you're doing this yourself!Good luck and happy picking. You are going to love how beautiful these tuners look and how luxuriously they perform!
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