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mrpink1991
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Well, I've resisted the eBay bug until this week when, out of desperation, I bought some new machine heads for one of my basses. It's an [url="http://fr.audiofanzine.com/outils/a.provider,m.29837,mod.media,down.true,th.normal,s.pictures.jpg"]OLP MM2[/url]

I've had it years and the machine heads aren't doing their job properly. These new ones I bought were relatively cheap for the reason that I wasn't sure if they'd fit. The only problem is the G string! Because it's 3+1 configuration, none of the supplied new ones fit and its the G that's the worst one!

Any tips people?

Cheers.

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[quote name='mrpink1991' post='1115153' date='Feb 4 2011, 12:37 PM']neepheid, thanks for your reply.

How would I go about this?[/quote]

Unscrew everything you can. You should be able to remove the capstan, pinion and any washers associated with it. The crux is whether the worm gear/button can be removed and reversed.

To save you the bother, I might have a left handed one lying around in spares somewhere. Let me see what I can find. I take it these tuners are standard large sized, open gear types as per the originals?

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[quote name='neepheid' post='1115170' date='Feb 4 2011, 12:48 PM']Unscrew everything you can. You should be able to remove the capstan, pinion and any washers associated with it. The crux is whether the worm gear/button can be removed and reversed.

To save you the bother, I might have a left handed one lying around in spares somewhere. Let me see what I can find. I take it these tuners are standard large sized, open gear types as per the originals?[/quote]

neepheid,

I can't thank you enough - it worked! Thanks alot!

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