As a general rule, any person who can really play, but is excited about playing a locking string guitar, has never played such a guitar.  Don't let tham mess with it.  They don't know what they are doing.  Anyone who can really play, and who has experience with such guitars, will be reluctant to play it.   They will ask if you have another guitar they can play.

Perfect tuning is impossible because of the physical layout of the guitar.  It doesn't matter whether you have it tuned for 5ths between the nut and second fret, octaves at the 5th fret or using harmonics, whatever.  It is always a compromise.  If you know the different tuning methods, then you will retune your guitar for different songs.  Ones that use a lot of open chords sound awful if you tune for octaves at the 5th fret or use harmonics. Use 5ths at the second fret instead.  But switch back for playing lead up the neck.

You must have Floyd Rose or similar if you have the locking tuners. I've been curious about trying out the "sweetened" tunings for guitar, my Peterson tuner has a setting for that, I'll have to check it out one of these days. I try to check intonation etc every time I change the strings on the guitars.

http://www.jhs.co.uk/metalaxxe.html

I have the top guitar, the red one, specifically

I only bought it because I saw it in a shop and I thought it looked kickass, didn't even play at the time didn't have a clue what locking strings were

Not that I'm an expert now, I just play to amuse myself in my living room

Quote from: Jeatyn on December 03, 2009, 07:16:48 PM
http://www.jhs.co.uk/metalaxxe.html

I have the top guitar, the red one, specifically

I only bought it because I saw it in a shop and I thought it looked kickass, didn't even play at the time didn't have a clue what locking strings were

Not that I'm an expert now, I just play to amuse myself in my living room

Nothing wrong with amusing yourself! Heck, that's the best reason of all!

I need a shredder guitar with a vibrato to amuse myself....

I generally play to amuse myself

But some college kids talked me into playing a few songs last night

Now they're talking about me coming to play once a week

See, that's why I "ALWAYS" supervise if someone comes near my baby!
(Especially while it's New!)

Back around '91, before I knew I would eventually become a full time girl, I was in what I'm pretty sure was the first Transgender rock band. That lasted a couple years before differences broke us up.

I did it again with one of the people from that entity and another girl in 2005-2006, we had a ton of original material, then the other two girls had a falling out and that was that! Of course, this had to happen like a couple weeks before I transitioned to full time. I still get together with one of the girls from that band to work on songs. 

Love being a female lead guitarist though.

Quote from: Jeatyn on December 03, 2009, 07:16:48 PM
http://www.jhs.co.uk/metalaxxe.html

I have the top guitar, the red one, specifically

I only bought it because I saw it in a shop and I thought it looked kickass, didn't even play at the time didn't have a clue what locking strings were

Not that I'm an expert now, I just play to amuse myself in my living room

I did the same thing in college for this sexy guitar I saw hanging in a shop.  It also had a FR trem.  I think that's the first and last guitar I ever bought based on its looks.  I worked at a fast food restaurant on weekends all summer to save up for it.  When I started law school, I had all of my earthly possessions packed up in my car and no gas to get there, so I pawned that guitar for gas money.