kingforaday Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 I was just contemplating the old ‘hipshot, Schaller or gotoh’ conundrum on a bass I’m fixing up... and then thought “I wonder if there’s a cheaper (or even a similarly priced but not so well known) alternative I’m overlooking? what are the best quality bridges/machineheads that either fall in the ‘great cheap stuff’ or ‘expensive but worth it’ type categories? Quote
Paul S Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 Wilkinson stuff is pretty good value for money. 1 Quote
Rexel Matador Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Paul S said: Wilkinson stuff is pretty good value for money. +1 I don't know if it's up to the standard of the big pricey names, but I use Wilkinson stuff all the time and have never had any problems with it. Also, when I was on the lookout for tuners, someone on here pointed me in the direction of AxesRUs, who do Hipshot "Licensed" Ultralites, for about £50 a set. Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 Yup, Wilkinson is the best inexpensive option. Quote
itu Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 Is Wilkinson owned by Gotoh? At least they have had products with "licenced" texts. Quote
kingforaday Posted November 27, 2019 Author Posted November 27, 2019 Interesting, plenty of love for Wilkinson then! kinda what I was hoping for really, although it’s one I know if I’ve never really paid much attention to them... I’ll check out some of their stuff Quote
Chienmortbb Posted November 28, 2019 Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, itu said: Is Wilkinson owned by Gotoh? At least they have had products with "licenced" texts. Wilkinson is good value but there is usually a Gotoh alternative the is better at similar prices. Sadly there are fake Wilkinson copies on Evilbay and Ali Express so be careful. Wilkinson make a good copy of the Hipshot Ultralites but they are not imported into the UK by JHS, the ±UK distributor. I have fitted Wilkinson WJB650CR machine heads on one bass and Gotoh GB707 on another. The GB707 are better but the Wilkinsons are a real step up from most that are fitted to cheap far east basses. Wilkinson products have been made under licence by Gotoh in Japan and Sung Il in Korea http://www.sung-il.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=b031_01 Edited November 28, 2019 by Chienmortbb 1 Quote
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