Grahambythesea Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I traded for the Spector Rebop on this forum, but whilst changing strings a tuner broke. It was replaced by my luthier with the nearest replacement he had, but it wasn't a perfect match. I concluded that if one broke so might another and it was time to replace them all. At the same time I thought I might save a little weight not that this is a heavy bass, it weighed in at only. 3.7kg. I was surprised at the cost of Hipshot's at about £100, but found on a US site the"Licensed" version at about half the price. Fortunately I have family in California so bought the tuners on free post in the USA and collected them on a recent visit. The change over was so easy, they lined up perfectly even with the screw hole and when I re-weighed the bass now is only 3.5kg! Result! http://s1305.photobucket.com/user/grahambythesea/library/Hipshor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulhauser Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Well done! The tuners look great and a weight save at the headstock area is always a good thing in my book. Nice Spector btw! Really like the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Going Hipshot, I would have had a D-tuner in there too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 [quote name='prowla' timestamp='1484493579' post='3215853'] Going Hipshot, I would have had a D-tuner in there too! [/quote]i have used a bass with a D-tuner in the past and I didn't find I used the facility. It would also have negated the reduction in weight which I was trying to achieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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