Our Leonidas vintage guitar machine heads from our Silverback Vintage series are a homage to the vintage guitars of the pre-CBS era from Fender, as they can be found on many Strats and Teles of that time. What many people don't know is that Leo Fender's real name was Clarence Leonidas Fender.
Our Leonidas vintage guitar machine heads are replicas of the old originals from the pre-CBS era as they were built between 1953 and mid-1956. In addition to the design and the high-quality nickel coating, we also use vintage-correct materials. The base plate and the housing as well as the post are made of steel, just like the old originals. The old originals only had a 12:1 gear ratio at the beginning of the 50s and a 14:1 gear ratio at the end of the 50s. Here we have literally stepped up our game (in the gearbox) and adjusted the gear ratio to 15:1 to enable sensitive and pleasant tuning. Like the originals, the press-in sleeves are made of nickel-plated, solid brass.
Our Leonidas vintage tuners fit many vintage style Strat and Tele guitars. We offer our Leonidas vintage guitar machine heads for vintage style guitars with 8.5 mm holes, but also for modern guitars with 10 mm holes.
