D'Addario Planet Waves Pro-Winder String Winder/Cutter

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If the product received was the same as the one shown in the photograph, it would have been an excellent tool. What you truly receive is a cheap plastic (not resin impregnated) handle with scallops in the side of it which weaken it even more. Notice the one in the picture has no scallops. Instead of the cutter being made of fine tool steel, as it appears in the photograph, it is constructed of stamped sheet metal with a high chromium content. This means the tool will wear out rather quickly. In conclusion, this tool would only be good for a couple of years at best before it would have to be replaced. Planet Waves claims it has a lifetime warranty, but I'm sure they don't honor that warranty. If they did, they'd lose too much money. This device was never designed to last a lifetime. This will become immediately apparent when you take it out of the box. Overall, a huge let down. I would have paid twice the price if it had been constructed as shown in the photograph.

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I wish Planet Wave would have kept the old design. Really I wish I had bought six of them. This current product works fine and is utilitarian, however it's no where near as easy to use and the old design. It's like trying to unwind and wind the strings with a pair of pliers.

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The old design was much better, but this is the only one I've seen out there.

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Bridge pin puller too small for my Takamine pins

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This unit fits all guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo tuning peg styles. Doesn't have a pin pulling feature. Cuts beautifully. Feels odd in the hand compared to crank style winders, but - it cuts!

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Does the job very well. Having the built in cutter is huge, since I'm always losing my wire cutters, and the scissors on my Swiss army knife can barely make it through a low E string. And I'm getting too old to keep using my teeth to trim the excess strings. It was OK when I was in my 20's, but I'm in my 40's now and I think my teeth are getting weaker. Maybe I need more calcium in my diet. I'll start buying the Oranje Juice with the added calcium. But anyway, yeah, great little tool, well worth the extra cost when compared to the cheap plastic 3.00 winders. Also the bridge pin puller works very well, that should also save me some dental bills!

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This is a very handy tool. The string cutter is nice. My only problem is I primarily use my Warwick and with the angle of its tuning keys I would not recommend this for use with a Warwick.

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I just recently got this as a Christmas present and I have to admit it's a handy little tool. It makes removing and replacing strings a lot easier. And also, the built in string cutter is pretty cool to, it's just a little difficult to figure out at first, but after you get it the first time it's smooth sailing from there. Overall, good tool for 8 bucks

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This thing is so useful speeds up changing strings tremendously. The wire cutter and peg pryer is great alone

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It works. No complaints.

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Does not fit on Recording King Banjo, RK-20 Planetary tuner buttons.

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Handy for both my guitars and ukuleles

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I bought two because I needed some bridge pin pullers. The winder I dont use and the cutter I could but dont use either since its easier for me to use wire cutters to cut strings. Otherwise a good product.

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This one has an unpainted snipper end, the older one I lost was all black. This one has a tendency to squeak when using the crank, my old one was quiet. Loosening the set screw helps a bit but still squeaks some. Oiling it did not improve it.

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This little tool is awesome. I almost enjoy changing strings now. This winder, cutter, pin popper works like it supposed to. The cutter is handy, but I especially like the pin popper and winder.

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The wire cutter could have been better. It is too thick so there is still a quite large part of string left after I use it to cut the string. And the winder always slips out of the tuner while I use it, it doesn't hold the tuner very well.

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The pro string winder / cutter functioned perfectly. Being new to the game, it didn't take long to get the hang of removing the bridge pegs. I had broken a string and decided to change out all with a new set of D'Addario acoustic custom light strings and this tool accomplished the process without a hitch.

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It's nice having all I need for string changes in one tool.

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I bought this for restringing my guitars and it does everything it is supposed to. I especially love the cutter! The Pro-Winder is great for unwinding but is kind of awkward when trying to use it to wind, as its just a little strange getting it started. All in all a good product and I would recommend. Also seems very sturdy. As long as your not slamming it or jumping on it, this thing is going to survive simple drops and things of that nature.

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Had it before with my old guitar. Sold it with the Pro Winder. Got a new guitar and bought it again because it's the best.