shoulderpet Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 What is the difference between these other than the USA ones costing much more ? Hipshot licensed ultralites Hipshot USA ultralites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 49 minutes ago, shoulderpet said: What is the difference between these other than the USA ones costing much more ? Hipshot licensed ultralites Hipshot USA ultralites I do not have a sensible answer, however, my USA Ultralites took over 5 months to be delivered (arrived this week), when I could have had licensed ones in a week back at the beginning of July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I have both and I couldn't tell you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dov65 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Hipshot spec details say USA ultralites are able to be reversed whereas the licensed version can't. I had an inline 4 US ultralites..reversed one & stuck the set on a Ray. I don't know if the licensed version have the allen screw at the end of the worm drive shaft as per pic.. Edited December 21, 2020 by Dov65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I have both and have not noticed any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Not to derail the thread.......but, are the Sadowsky-branded tuners generic licenced Hipshot tuners? https://www.thomann.de/gb/sadowsky_bass_tuner_light_open_1r_bk.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, BlueMoon said: Not to derail the thread.......but, are the Sadowsky-branded tuners generic licenced Hipshot tuners? https://www.thomann.de/gb/sadowsky_bass_tuner_light_open_1r_bk.htm they look similar but the screws are different and the gear looks different too. the big stand out for me is the quoted weight, most sources quote about 44g per tuner for the Hipshot ones and these quote 70g. I have USA hipshots on my Letts and the licensed ones on my U-Bass, i've not noticed a difference between them, in fact i had to check the Letts to see if they were USA or Licensed as they feel the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Well, according to the links that the OP posted the USA ones are a bit lighter....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b7l4s Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 17 hours ago, Dov65 said: Hipshot spec details say USA ultralites are able to be reversed whereas the licensed version can't. I had an inline 4 US ultralites..reversed one & stuck the set on a Ray. I don't know if the licensed version have the allen screw at the end of the worm drive shaft as per pic.. I've got a set of the licensed version and they don't have that allen screw. Nice tuners and made a small but positive difference to balance of the bass I switched them onto compared to the no-brand ones that were there before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I have both types on my basses. USA ones on the left, licenced on the right. Operationally I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference, quite honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 As said earlier it’s the ability to reverse them that sets hem apart - that’s about it as far as I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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