
Good tuners are not overly expensive but if its a cheap guitar you might want to get some new strings (which help with sound and tuning stability) and save your money for a quality guitar.

In case you have a guitar that you somehow came into and the tuners are not all that great and it goes out of tune easily, ask your guitar tech what his opinion is on the whole guitar. The better the quality of the tuners, the better it does its job to keep the guitar in tune. The tuners on an acoustic guitar adjust the pitch up and down to the desired tuning. The angle at which the head is attached to the end of the neck will affect the sustain (how long a note sounds) and will determine if the guitar needs string retainer since it affects the tension of the strings going over the nut.Ī guitar head attached at an angle is much more prone towards breakage if the guitar falls off the stand. The shape of the head can effect the tone of the guitar because of the way it vibrates.

Some guitars have six tuners on one side and other might have 3 on each side. The shape of the head determines the layout of the tuners.

The head is used as a placement area for the tuners. The head of the guitar is the flat platform like area at the end of the neck.
