Highfox Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) Ok, So sometime after letting my 1977 P bass go, I started lusting for a bit more old P bass action. I wanted a player and not something on the pre CBS price scale, thanks to Basschat's very own Bram I managed to seal a deal on a 69-70 P. It is nice and light weight- 3.6 kg on my scales (that was a major factor in getting rid of my 77 it weighed a bomb and I'd suffer if we had to do a couple of sets a night). It's almost a jazz width neck at the nut maybe an A? So far so good, strung with a new set of flat rotos, off to practice with it today and a gig tomorrow to see how it sounds in the mix. btw, anyone got any tips, the tuners take a good bit of effort to turn and wonder what's best to help loosen them up a bit? [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/8374568@N07/9089375389/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/8374568@N07/9089375389/]Fender P 1970[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/8374568@N07/]Don Wright[/url], on Flickr Edited June 20, 2013 by Highfox Quote
KiOgon Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 THAT IS NICE The tuners shouldn't be stiff - maybe they've got 'gunge' in them, simple job to strip down & clean out, wouldn't recommend any squirty or oily 'quick cure', it's worth doing properly. Cheerz, John Quote
Minty Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) Nice! If you give the gear on the back the tuner a light spritz of WD-40, it will loosen right up. If you're opposed to spraying anything near your guitar, you can just spray it onto a rag and then transfer it to the machine heads... Edited June 20, 2013 by Minty Quote
KiOgon Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 [quote name='Minty' timestamp='1371721356' post='2117259'] Nice! If you give the gear on the back the tuner a light spritz of WD-40, it will loosen right up. If you're opposed to spraying anything near your guitar, you can just spray it onto a rag and then transfer it to the machine heads... [/quote] WD40 is only good if you take them off the wood first! Then use it to clean the parts, but please don't spray it where it can soak into the wood. Quote
Thunderbird Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Gently rubbing a small blob and I mean a small blob of vaseline round the tuners will force the gunk out and make the tuners turn more easily Quote
gjones Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 The tuners on my 70's neck are stiff and I like them that way. The thing stays in tune for years at a time. Quote
Telebass Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 And a plus for John. The only good way to sort overly stiff tuners is a strip and clean. You can do the tuners at the same time! Quote
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