Sire Jazz replacement machine heads

[SICbass]

Hi All,

 

I‘m on tour and opened my case yesterday, only to discover that one of the machine heads is broken off of my Marcus Miller V7 Alder-4 AWH (2015). Thomann need 10 working days to send replacement parts.

My question: does anyone know if normal Fender or other parts would fit on a Sire Jazz or would that require extra drilling?

Cheers,

Paul

 

[fretmeister]

If you take the damaged one of and measure the hole you'll have more info needed to decide if something else will fit.

[SICbass]

Thank you Fretmeister. I realise that, I was just considering buying the parts asap and then fitting them quickly ‘cos I’m on the road. I am reluctant to disassemble the bass just to measure it because it still functions at the minute and I have to have something to work with.

[BassBunny]

This post might help. I'm sure some direct swap ones have been identified.

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/467090-sire-upgrades-advice-please/

[SICbass]

Thanks @BassBunny, that thread is super helpful 👍

[lemmywinks]

There's a big thread abour Sire upgrades on TB, I don't think there's any drop in replacements which is a shame. When I put Schallers on mine I had to drill two new holes per tuner (I think, was a while ago) however these are covered by the baseplate so aren't visible. Even if you put the stock ones back on theres no visible holes.

 

[SICbass]

Fun fact, in the product description from Thomann, the word ‘Affinity’ appeared. I asked, and they confirmed that it’s the same part as is used in the Squier Affinity basses.