Tuners on Your custom shop dream bass

[nilorius]

Hi. Interesting, what tuner brand would You choose to put on Your custom shop dream guitar? I would vote for Gotoh.

[nilorius]

Looks like no one cares ?!?

[Doctor J]

Looks like it took 21 minutes to come to that conclusion?

[gjones]

I care ❤️

[BigRedX]

Whatever my luthier recommends. They are probably a lot better placed than I am to know which tuners will be the right ones for me.

[Nail Soup]

Just a personal viewpoint coming up, I realise that loads of people here love choosing tuners and stuff........

 

I wouldn't have a custom guitar or bass made for me as I have no idea what tuners I like best and don't want to invest any time/effort into finding out.

I prefer to just buy an off-the-shelf guitar and let the manufacturer make the choice. 

 

Sorry to not really answer your question, hope you get some meaningful answers from others!

[itu]

Wavy Grovers. I had them in my first bass, a '74 4001.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Depends on the bass. My favourite tuners are the ones I have fitted to my thunderbird vintage pros - Gotoh res-o-lite GB640 (non-reverse) in a nickel finish, but they probably wouldn't look right on a short scale bass

 

[Bolo]

I'd go with hipshot again. Although the quality of the plating is abysmal they are the most steady tuners I've come across.

[Steve Browning]

Gotoh Resolites for me.

[Lozz196]

1 hour ago, Bolo said:

I'd go with hipshot again. Although the quality of the plating is abysmal they are the most steady tuners I've come across.

Probably the same for me too, I think they’re really good. 

[neepheid]

I have a soft spot for Schaller, mostly because of their stellar support when I was restoring a Gibson Victory. Sent gratis, 4x the parts I needed when one would have sufficed as well as a sticker and some plectrums. All for a bass made back in 1981 - champs!

[tauzero]

Probably ABM, it's what Sei use for their headless basses.

[nilorius]

Go on, go on, don't be afraid !!!

[Matt P]

i've had 2 basses built for me, they both have Hipshot Ultralites fitted (and Hipshot bridges as well) If i ever get the chance to have another bass built then it will have hipshots as well

[ezbass]

4 hours ago, BigRedX said:

Whatever my luthier recommends. They are probably a lot better placed than I am to know which tuners will be the right ones for me.

If you don’t have a preference, the above is the best advice. Your luthier may have a brand they like to work with and all you need to decide is if you want lightweight or not. Looks aside, any premium tuner should have a quality feeling, precise action. FWIW, 4 of my 5 basses have Hipshots, the other has Wilkinson, Hipshot clones. They’re not all by design, but I have had dealings with Hipshot directly too and have found them to be consistently customer focussed with fantastic service and advice.

[Thunderbird]

Hipshots for me but schaller ones are supposed to be great 

[miles'tone]

4 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Depends on the bass. My favourite tuners are the ones I have fitted to my thunderbird vintage pros - Gotoh res-o-lite GB640 (non-reverse) in a nickel finish, but they probably wouldn't look right on a short scale bass

 

I had a heavy relic Custom Shop '62 P bass once and put on a set of these brushed nickel Res-O-Lites.

The body was really lightweight and resonant so I had to offset the weight of all that ironmongery up the other end. It ended up weighing a sniff under 8lbs even with all the covers on! Great bass. Great tuners.

I was never convinced by the original rusty tuners anyway. Real old tuners are maybe tarnished but never rusty. Usually. 

 

Edit: sorry I've just realised that you didn't necessarily mean the Fender Custom Shop. 

Edited May 17, 2022 by miles'tone

[AndyTravis]

Rubner DB ones 

 

or Schaller Da Vinci (preferably slightly larger sized peg head)

[nilorius]

Nice, it looks like here everybody thinks trully from their expierence or true features they think they need. That's what i wanted to hear. Keep up giving Your gold advices !!!

[LeftyJ]

I've had many kinds of tuners, and to be honest I've never felt the need to replace any and just rolled with what was on the instrument. With one exception: on my Fender Japan JB75-US I replaced the stock tuners with matching Hipshots when I mounted a D-tuner, because the patina of the stock tuners really didn't match the shiny new chrome plating of the D-tuner. Based on my experience with various tuners, I would just get what my luthier recommends or what matches best with the overall appearance and the other hardware on the bass. On a bass with vintage looks I would want nothing other than clover leaves, but I don't mind what they look like on the back of the headstock (i.e. vintage tuners or ultralights).

[Old Horse Murphy]

Probably King Edwards or Maris Piper. 
 

Oh, you said tuners. Sorry

[Rich]

Something lightweight. I've got Hipshots on two basses and I like them. Those Schaller Da Vincis are really nice.

[MacDaddy]

Whatever Jon Shuker decides to put on my bass

[three]

Depends on the bass really.  For a Fender-type, Gotoh FB30s (lollipops - the '66 J with dots and bound board with lollipop tuners makes me weak at the knees).  For anything more 'modern', preferably an Alembic, it would be Schaller M90s - the 40% reduction in weight would be welcome.