largo Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 This is driving me mad ... When I play my bass acoustically one of my tuners, the E string rattles. It seems to be the stalk if that makes sense, as if I hit the "elephant ear" I can hear it. Is there an easy way to fix this, or tighten it. Or is it get a new one. The bass is less than a year old and wisnae cheap. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I have one tuner on my Squire P that rattles, can't work out why but if I put an elastic band over the offending tuner and the one next to it it stops! bloody annoying so I hope you get it sorted. R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Make and model of offending article please?, as most (decent ) tuners are stipable and tweakable so you may be able to stop this with as simple as a screwdriver..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) Haven't got a clue and nothing written on them I'm afraid. The bass is a Sei Jazz with elephant style tuners. Looks like there's a small allen key screw on the base of the stalk which may do something. A hunch tells me they are Hipshot Ultralites and a quick check of the HS website, they definitely look exactly the same. Edited December 8, 2007 by largo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I had a similar problem on a Fender copy a few years back. The 'key' part of the machine was loose in the shaft, where it's slotted and pinned in. I took the tuner off, pulled the shaft, and clamped it in a vice to squeeze the shaft back into a tight fit. Wicking a drop of superglue along the joint between the key and the shaft would probably work OK too. The Allen screw holds the shaft into the body of the tuning machine - don't undo it while the string is tensioned, as it'll launch half the mechanism across the room! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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