D'Addario Accessories Guitar String Winder
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "The Planet Waves Pro Winder Stringer and String Cutter has nothing pro about it. It's a very poorly manufactured product and made mostly of brittle plastic. I assumed the string cutting part referred to cutting guitar strings, it can't do that. Admittedly I did not try other types of string such as packaging string or string cheese. Maybe it works on those, I can't say, but it most definitely can't cut any type of guitar string. It can wind guitar string, at least for about 6 weeks in my case until the cheap plastic cracked."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "This tool is made very cheaply. There is no quality at all built into the tool. Most disturbing to me is the fit of the bridge pin puller. While trying to use the puller, and having difficulty fitting the puller around the pins, the tool slipped causing a large scratch in my Seagull guitar (see the attached image). I'd had the guitar for less than four months. You can image my distress at this permanent scratch on my guitar. The poor quality of this tool makes it a danger to use.."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "I own this identical Planet Waves Pro string winder that I bought three years ago. I have so many guitars now, I wanted a new one, so I purchased the same thing in January 2017. What a disappointment! The thing is not at all like the old one. I could tell the minute I took it out of the package. The plastic is cheaper, lighter material, and the clipper end/hinge is made of thin tin now. The hinge is not as smooth. The one from just three years ago from Planet Waves was heavier duty all the way around.\n\nPlanet Waves has cheapened their overseas supplier to make a buck. I will not be buying another of these string winders, and am reluctant to buy further Planet Waves/D'Addario products from here on out."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Never having used guitar tools before, I was skeptical of this all-in-one. Not having pulled bridge pins before, I was especially worried about how that feature would work, but I figured it was hard to go wrong for the price and I could always return it if it didn't work well.\n\n... which it definitely does, on all counts. The string cutter is not high-end, but doesn't need to be; two stamped pieces of metal, which is all the blades are, work perfectly fine. The bridge pin puller basically works by wedging in under the bridge pin and yanking, which is fairly easy to do with little practice. The winder fits well enough on our guitars and has a neat design--you can fit it over a standard-sized tuning peg, but there are notches which fit well too."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I saw other reviews before deciding to try this. It could be quality control for those reviews that had issues with their purchases. Mine is built solid and of good quality , no issues with materials or broken pieces, or even cheap plastic. It's very sturdy and made well. No, I'm not a fake poster or getting paid. Just my own personal opinion. This product works - at least for me."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Just because a product is a Brand Name doesn\'t mean it\'s a good item!\n\na) This item is cheap plastic, and more expensive than it should be. If you\'re dead-set on an "all-in-one" go buy the offbrand instead, it\'s the same product at about half the price.\nb) The clipper portion cannot being detached from the Winder, making it incredibly awkward and un-ergonomic when trying to use the Winder.\nc) The peg remover does not fit all pegs! My acoustic Fender\'s stock pegs were too big for this tool!\nd) The wire cutters are cheap and flimsy....they\'re just two sharp pieces of metal held together by a screw.\ne) The winder is flimsy and sits loosey-goosey on the peg when winding. There\'s an uncomfortable amount of yaw when using the tool to wind strings.\n\nMy advice: Go buy a cheap $1-2 winder/peg remover and use your own real wire cutters instead of this cheap "all-in-one" product.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm a petite female/small hands & am all about minimalism. This is the perfect gadget, all I need to get the job done. Because I am all about quality though, I compared it with Music Nomad's Cutters, Puller & Winder, and I found theirs to be too 'bulky' & plastic-y' & just not impressed with their quality in comparison. The Music Nomad Cutter was 'ok'. You will need to pull this cutter apart before every cut, but it's still better to have an all-in-one gadget like this. If you're stringing multiple guitars every day, maybe go with the bigger/bulkier ala carte Nomad stuff, but I found this multi-purpose tool to be just perfect for an occasional string change! Far more affordable as well. :-)"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This was the first item I found when I searched for something to cut my guitar strings. It did as it was suppose to and can handle continuous usage. However, it turns out my strings were not the problem it was just me.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "There's some confusion in the listing as it is called a D'Addario product but the actual description calls it Planet Waves.\nWhat I received today is branded D'Addario. This product performed flawlessly as I restrung my acoustic today. The peg winder worked smooth while the bridge pin puller easily helped without damage to the top of the guitar. I slapped a set of 11-52s on my beater acoustic and the string cutters had no problem removing the excess string in any gauge. This D'Addario tool worked perfectly for every task it was designed to do, so I will say this is a great value and a helpful tool to have handy. 5 stars!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've never owned an acoustic guitar before let alone changed the strings on one. this came recommended by several people, and I'm glad I listened!\n\nI followed along with a Youtube video for step by step, and the man in the video was using one too, so I felt smarter for having my own. :)\n\nThe wire cutter works beautifully, the peg puller is super helpful, and the winder saves you time and finger fatigue. Made changing strings for a first timer easy as pie.\n\nDefinitely recommend to anyone who owns a guitar."}]