Originally Posted by: 16andlifetogonot really, the strings slipping isnt really shat knocks them out of tune, its the streaching of the strings. your strings will still streach with locking tuners

Yeah, but it's always a good idea to stretch new strings when re-stringing to prevent this. Once the strings are stretched out, they will be stable.

Locking tuners will help, especially when using the whammy bar.