DaveMuadDib Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Hi there peoples, I have a fairly recently purchased hipshot detuner for my E string, and although they're hella awesome, they seem rather inherantly unstable when in the off position - the little fine tuning screw just wobbles around with the slightest knock. With detuner 'on', the screw pushes against the thing and it's not going anywhere, but flick it back up and it's back to looseville. Naturally, this doesn't affect my E tuning, just when i drop to D, but if it takes so much effort to keep the D in tune, it almost begs the question what's the point :-) There is indeed a screw wrapped around the finetune screw, but maybe this isn't cutting it and it might be worth trying a more heavy duty one? Or does anyone have any solutions? Or am I just being a picky loser? :-) -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I put extra washers on mine (in fact I used rubber washers) to take up the slack and it never goes out of tune ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I have d-tuners on four of my basses, but not had this issue. Would a bit of ptfe tape help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Here's my beefed up one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMuadDib Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share Posted May 29, 2010 (edited) You genius! I'll give this a crack sometime, looks like it'll sort me right out. I had an inkling that a nice tight screw would solve my problems (ooh err...) so i'll see what I can conjure up myself. [quote name='Ou7shined' post='851378' date='May 29 2010, 07:36 PM']Here's my beefed up one...[/quote] Edited May 29, 2010 by Dave_MuadDib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny-79 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='851378' date='May 29 2010, 07:36 PM']Here's my beefed up one...[/quote] That is brilliant!!! (its one of those "why didn't i think of that ???) Very nice one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Up here for thinking down there for dancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMuadDib Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share Posted May 29, 2010 [quote name='danny-79' post='851417' date='May 29 2010, 08:09 PM']That is brilliant!!! (its one of those "why didn't i think of that ???) Very nice one!![/quote] Yeah, totally!! Why don't they just come like this out of the box lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMuadDib Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='851450' date='May 29 2010, 08:58 PM']Up here for thinking down there for dancing. [/quote] +1 for this mod, works like a charm!! Now i just need to make the washers gold to match my gold hipshot lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Nice mod. "Threadlock" compound would also work a treat, as (IMO) the amount of adjustment required (when it's not adjusting itself) is quite small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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