Fender's classic Kluson-style vintage tuner with a split shaft, standard on vintage reissues and many Player Series guitars.
12 guitars checked: 9 likely drop-in, 2 requires modification, 1 not compatible.
Where to buy
Andertons
Being re-verified
Tuner hole size
8.7mm
ConfirmedMounting pattern
Single rear mounting screw with a vintage press-fit bushing.
Gear ratio
15:1 (typical for Fender's modern vintage-style split-shaft reissue tuners; not independently confirmed for this specific listing)
12 guitars checked: 9 likely drop-in, 2 requires modification, 1 not compatible.
Matches the vintage-style tuner posts already on this guitar, no reaming needed.
This guitar uses vintage-style tuner posts as part of its true vintage-spec build, consistent with the 8.7mm vintage hole size these tuners are designed for. No reaming needed since both are period-correct vintage spec.
Matches the vintage-style tuner holes already on this guitar. Should drop in without reaming.
This guitar ships with a genuinely vintage-spec headstock, so these vintage-bore tuners match the existing holes directly.
This guitar's stock tuners look vintage but lock internally, a style Fender typically builds on a small vintage-sized post rather than a modern one. Based on that pattern these should match, though it has not been independently confirmed on this exact guitar.
This guitar's tuners are marketed as locking tuners styled to mirror vintage Klusons, a pattern Fender uses elsewhere (the Classic Player series) where the locking mechanism sits inside a vintage-sized post and bushing rather than requiring a larger modern bore. Based on that established pattern this guitar likely keeps the small vintage-style hole, though it has not been independently measured on this specific model.
Matches the vintage-style tuner holes already on this guitar. Should drop in without reaming.
This guitar ships with a genuinely vintage-spec headstock, so these vintage-bore tuners match the existing holes directly.
Should swap straight into the existing tuner holes.
Fender's own vintage tuner, matches this Vintera II guitar's vintage-spec press-in bushing holes.
Matches the vintage-style tuner holes already on this guitar. Should drop in without reaming.
This guitar ships with a genuinely vintage-spec headstock, so these vintage-bore tuners match the existing holes directly.
Should swap straight into the existing tuner holes.
Fender's own vintage tuner, matches this Vintera II guitar's vintage-spec press-in bushing holes.
Should swap straight into the existing tuner holes.
Fender's own vintage tuner, matches this guitar's vintage-spec press-in bushing holes.
Should swap straight into the existing tuner holes.
Fender's own vintage tuner, matches this guitar's vintage-spec press-in bushing holes.
These are sized for a vintage-spec headstock, not this guitar's modern tuner holes. Expect to enlarge the holes and redrill the mounting screws if you want this vintage look.
Vintage-style F-style tuners are built for a smaller vintage bore and different mounting screw pattern. Player series guitars use the modern 10mm 2-pin locking mount, so these vintage tuners do not fit the existing holes without reaming and redrilling the mounting screw holes.
Help confirm this fit
Sized for a vintage-spec headstock, not this guitar's modern tuner holes. Expect to enlarge the holes and redrill the mounting screws.
Same vintage-bore mismatch as the rest of the current Player series, these are sized for a smaller vintage bore and different screw pattern than this guitar's modern 2-pin mount.
Help confirm this fit
This does not fit for two reasons, it is built for an older, smaller tuner hole size than this guitar has, and it is the right-handed version of the tuner on top of that.
This guitar uses the modern 10mm, 2-pin locking-style tuner mount, not the smaller vintage bore and different screw pattern these tuners are built for, so this would already require reaming and redrilling on the right-handed version of this guitar. This is also explicitly the right-handed version of the tuner, compounding the mismatch rather than solving it.
If you have fitted any of these to this Fender Vintage-Style Tuners (6-in-line, Split Shaft), tell us what you found and we'll update the data.
