DunRockin Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Finally discovered that the drop-in replacement Hipshot tuners for my CV PB are Hipshot HB1s. Axesrus have them at £80 a set - just wondering if anyone knows anywhere here in the UK or overseas where they'd be cheaper (adding overseas postage from eg the US might end up being almost the same, I suspect). For that matter any other comparable quality brand - I've never upgraded tuners before so I'm only going by reputation. Gotoh? Cheers. Quote
tedmanzie Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I put Gotoh Res o Lites on my PB and they are great. Got them here, there are cheaper Gotoh PB tuners too: http://www.tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk/guitar-parts/guitar-machine-heads/bass-machine-heads.html Quote
ambient Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Maybe try http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/ eBay ? http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk Edited July 30, 2015 by ambient Quote
DunRockin Posted July 30, 2015 Author Posted July 30, 2015 Thanks, guys - Gotoh are certainly looking like a good and cheaper alternative to Hipshot. Quote
Dave_the_bass Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Ebay user egilegorbasses sells hipshot USA (not licensed versions) at very good prices. Just bought a full set from him for my bass. He's in Spain so delivery to the UK takes about a week but it's a tracked service. Highly recommend him. Quote
Cameronj279 Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 [quote name='DunRockin' timestamp='1438288858' post='2833368'] Thanks, guys - Gotoh are certainly looking like a good and cheaper alternative to Hipshot. [/quote] I've only had Gotoh tuners on one bass before (my current one) and to be honest I prefer them to Hipshot ultralites (not that there Is anything wrong with them!)They seem smoother and it makes getting the Low B string spot on considerably easier. I believe they weigh about the same as well. Quote
el-gnomo Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 I bought a set of hipshot ultralights online from Guitar Center in the US, they had a special on sets, I think they were about £40, so still cheaper than here even after the duty/VAT etc. I've not tried Gotohs on a bass though, always been happy with Hipshots. Quote
Mudpup Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 I've used egilegorbasses on Spanish eBay too and had great service..... Quote
DunRockin Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 Thanks guys - for some reason HB1s seem to be in short supply everywhere and even so the 80 quid set from Axesrus is starting to look the norm at the mo'. So now I have to discover if Gotoh have a tuner with the screw hole spacings of the HB1. :-) Quote
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