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Has anybody experience with Guyker or Wilkinson tuners. I usually use Gotoh, but shipping to Ontario usually adds quite a bit to the price.

I've used a few Wilkinson tuners, both closed and open backed, acoustic and electric (for a 12 string acoustic)
Seem reasonable quality, but don't seem as smooth as the lower priced Gotohs like the 381s which I prefer for budget tuners.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

I buy Gotoh's in Canada here;

https://www.woodtoworks.com/Tuners_c_183.html

https://www.solomusicgear.com/product-c ... hineheads/

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I have used Wilkinson open backs on three guitars and been happy with them.

I used Wilkinson open back tuners on one guitar, and replaced them with Gotoh open backs. The Gotoh's were very very slightly smoother, IMHO, but I'm not sure I could really tell in a blind test.

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