Headless Hardware

[mybass]

Would anyone have ideas or contact for headless bass hardware. Ideally a system that allows side placement and uses standard strings.
I have used hardware off a "Riverside" bass. It does the job, stamped with "licensed" etc. Very heavy unit. Puts a lot of weight on my newly designed headless which is not what I wanted. It also has no sideway adjustment. Also, the string retainer doesn't accept the E (105) or A (85) string widths very well.
Are all headless tuners this weighty I wonder.
ETS form Germany looks nice but their so called dealer in the UK ISN'T dealing at all (no VAT in place! hmmm) and it was a bit strange that ETS even gave me this UK number.
A lovely mahogany/walnut designed bass needed that bit of a better hardware system.

[BigRedX]

[url="http://www.abm-mueller.com/index2.html"]ABM[/url]?

You could also try [url="http://www.kingbass.com/index.html"]David King[/url] who makes his own headless hardware.

Or alternatively check out some of the builders on [url="http://buildingtheergonomicguitar.com/"]Building the Ergonomic Guitar[/url] to see what they are using.

Edited June 25, 2008 by BigRedX

[SJA]

Status do monorail headless tuner units, that you'd be able to space as you wish, and presumably are lighter than most one-piece bridges-
[url="http://www.status-graphite.com"]http://www.status-graphite.com[/url]

...they're "temporarily unavailable" though.

[mybass]

[quote name='SJA' post='227869' date='Jun 27 2008, 10:43 AM']Status do monorail headless tuner units, that you'd be able to space as you wish, and presumably are lighter than most one-piece bridges-
[url="http://www.status-graphite.com"]http://www.status-graphite.com[/url]

...they're "temporarily unavailable" though.[/quote]
Thanks for replying. It may be that ABM made Status parts and I heard ABM have closed down.

[mybass]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='226909' date='Jun 25 2008, 08:25 PM'][url="http://www.abm-mueller.com/index2.html"]ABM[/url]?

You could also try [url="http://www.kingbass.com/index.html"]David King[/url] who makes his own headless hardware.

Or alternatively check out some of the builders on [url="http://buildingtheergonomicguitar.com/"]Building the Ergonomic Guitar[/url] to see what they are using.[/quote]
Thanks for replying. I will look at these two sites, neither of which I new about.

[BigRedX]

ABM were closed down for awhile but are now back in business. The link I posted is their new web site.

[mybass]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='227971' date='Jun 27 2008, 12:57 PM']ABM were closed down for awhile but are now back in business. The link I posted is their new web site.[/quote]
Thanks again. I missed that ABM link first time around didn't I.

UPDATE....just had a look at their site. It appears to be a lot more user friendly than I thought it would be. Coulkd be just the job now.
cheers for that.

Edited June 28, 2008 by mybass