Hipshot Vintage tuners have 1/2″ posts, Hipshot Ultralight tuners come in both 1/2″ and 3/8″ sizes, and Gotoh tuners have 3/8″ posts. It’s simple math: 5 Ultralights weigh the same amount as 4 Gotoh tuners. When your bass has 5 or more strings I recommend using the Hipshot Ultralights to save on weight. If you’re not using a Fender bass, many other basses use a smaller type of tuner which can be replaced by a Gotoh or Hipshot Ultralight tuner. Get a Hipshot Vintage Tuner to keep her looking sharp. Note: Fender style basses with vintage tuners can also be upgraded with Ultralight tuners, but Ultralight tuners are much smaller in design and will not cover all of the screwholes from the previous tuner. If you cannot figure out which style to use, call me up or email me to ensure you’re not ordering the wrong part. I recommend looking at the back of your headstock and comparing the shape of your tuner to the Vintage tuner shapes on our website or by looking at this diagram. If you decide to use Hipshot’s Ultralight tuners, you can also shed some weight at your headstock which decreases neck dive.īefore you change your tuner, you first have to find which replacement will work for your bass.įender basses use tuners which normally can be replaced by a Hipshot Vintage Tuner model, although some models are designed for an Ultralight tuner model. Although they are a minor improvement, upgrading your current bass tuners is a great way to increase tuning stability and a quick way to change the aesthetic of your bass.
#Fender bass tuner how to#
Here in the shop we receive a lot of questions on tuners including how upgrading from stock tuners makes a difference and then subsequently, how to change them.
Written by Evan, Best Bass Gear’s Prewire & Tech Support (Electronics and Hardware)
#Fender bass tuner install#
Two footswitchable channels of fuzz, each with dedicated level controls, offer the ability to blend the fuzz voice with your clean signal or to blend the fuzz voice with a beefy suboctave fuzz, while the sag footswitch introduces sputtering and ducking effects like never before heard, all controlled by the intensity of your playing dynamics.Tuners: What Kind to Buy & How to Install Them (with Pictures)
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