Gotoh

Gotoh has been making guitar hardware in Japan since 1960, and its tuners, bridges and tremolo systems sit on a remarkable share of the instruments we cover without ever being the reason anyone buys one. That is rather the point: a Gotoh locking tuner or 510 tremolo is the quiet mark of a spec sheet somebody thought about. Look through our coverage of Solar, Jackson, Charvel and Ibanez and the name keeps appearing in the hardware line, which is where most players first meet it.