Lightweight Tuners

[zapp]

Has anyone done a comparison of lightweight tuners for a Jazz Bass?  I'm looking at either Gotoh Res-o-Lites or Hipshot Ultralites.  Just wondering which was lighter?  Cheers.

[Hellzero]

The Gotoh Res-O-Lite are lighter, I've done the weighting many moons ago.

[zapp]

Thx buddy 

[Hellzero]

Here are the weights I measured for the 2 different types.

 

Hipshot HB3 (direct replacement, elephant ears): 87 grams

 

Gotoh Res-O-Lite GB-640 (direct replacement, elephant ears): 67 grams 

 

Hipshot HB6Y (3/8 post, Gotoh GB-7 type): 52 grams

 

Gotoh Res-O-Lite GB-350 (3/8 post, Gotoh GB-7 type): 40 grams (all included with screw and washer as they are also lighter than the original parts)

 

Hope this helps.

[zapp]

Wow, Many thanks.  Helps a lot.

[Chienmortbb]

In my opinion the quality of the Gotohs are better too. 

[cocco]

I've just finished a build with all gotoh hardware including elephant ear resolites. Really impressed with them. They're stable, feel great and obviously are ridiculously light. 

 

Here's a photo of them in situ. 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by cocco