As i was told from fender,once putting these locking tuners on ,you can remove the string tree if you wanted to. I tried it but i didnt remove it from my headstock, just the strings from it. I noticed no difference.
And i just wanted to shout that reverb.com
Is a very safe and secure place to buy and sell.
Just as ebay ect. Selling wise there the best.
Ebay charges the seller 12% plus other fees.
Reverb charges 3.5%. I caint stress it enough.
Were ever you buy from.your most likely usein paypal.