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The larger key buttons suit 3x3 headstocks. The smaller buttons are for 6-in-line and Musicman 4+2 headstocks.
I was thinking maybe the taller tuners allowed more of a break angle, but I think that might be the opposite case? I think I'm just going to get the regular set and use a tree.
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The shorter tuners give more of a break angle, but there's also the element of how far each tuner is from the nut because that also affects the angle.
You'd normally use taller posts for the low strings and shorter posts for the high strings. I think when Fender first started using staggered tuners they used conventional tuners for the low E and A, then shorter posts for D to high E.
You could use various combinations of post heights (as @ICBM suggests), but always tall for low E and short for high E.
Good idea, I'd never thought of that.
I'm trying to think how many different post heights different manufacturers use. I think Sperzel maybe use 3 different heights, in pairs, but I think my '90s Fender (with a string tree) just had 2 tall, 4 short.
On the Eric Johnson Strat and some CS models, Fender use vintage Kluson-style tuners with staggered posts, I think all 6 may be different heights. The high E one almost disappears into the headstock.