I want to install fender schaller locking tuners on my 2000 hss strat.I just wanted to know if they will drop in with no drilling ? And if I still use the string trees after installation.Thanks for any help

I believe the tuners are a direct fit...no drilling. As far as the string trees, that's an excellent question! I don't know if the posts on the locking tuners are height compensated or not?

Guess I'll find out soon enough...I've got a set of said tuners en route and a HWY1 neck on the way also which has two string trees... I'll let you know once they arrive.

Thanks, Jamguy .

If your Strat came stock with those horrible Ping tuners....then yes....it will be a direct drop in replacement.
I have 8 Highway One's and replaced ALL the Pings with Fender/Schallers and the stock string trees fit into the program perfectly WITHOUT having to relocate them!


The dreaded Ping tuners..............

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Thanks HWY1strat for the info.

I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that using the string trees are kind of like eating chicken soup for a cold, as my grandmother used to say, "It couldn't hurt".

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On my strat, i have the Sprezel locking tuners, and they're staggered, i believe the Shaller are too, I had them at one time, but it was a while ago. Anyways, i needed a string tree for the high E, but not the B, or any other string. I took off the tree, removed the side where the B string goes, and used just the E. If you want to sand down the headstock, you'll be able to use no trees. Dramatic? yes, worthwhile? maybe.