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04-27-2008, 06:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Canberra | | | Hipshot D-Tuner
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Can anyone tell me how a Hipshot D-Tuner works???
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04-27-2008, 07:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada | | Yeah,
I'll let David Borisoff, president of Hipshot Products give you a good idea how it works in their "How to Install" video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krL94H-wwDw
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05-01-2008, 10:09 AM
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05-01-2008, 12:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | It's on a pivot. The string tension pulls it around when you release the lever. There's a stop screw mounted so you can set how far it will drop. With good strings, a little graphite powder in the nut slot, and a bit of patience the first few times you use it and set it up, it works great.
I've been using them since the mid '80s. I've only got them on my three main 4-string basses (the others either don't go to gigs are are not "keepers" so I didn't invest in them). My P bass has had one since around 1985 or so, and it works great with all kinds of stings- D'Addario stainless, nickle, and Slow-Wounds, DR Hi-Beams and Sun-Beams, Lakland stainless and nickle rounds, T-I Flats, and Laklnad Joe Osborn flats.
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05-01-2008, 10:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | While a regular tuner winds the strings around the shaft, a Hipshot Xtender does the same thing. However, when you flip the switch, the tuner mechanism is allowed to move a certain amount, set by the user, essentially unwinding the string from the post, or detuning however much the device is set to.
I've been using them for the past seven years with no problems.
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06-26-2008, 03:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The little red dot on the map. | | | can it be used to downtune up to B or C? I mean, with good tension my Essex?
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06-27-2008, 12:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ALiP BoB  can it be used to downtune up to B or C? I mean, with good tension my Essex? | A. Sure you can use it to drop the E down to C or B instead of D. Just depens on your touch, your strings, your bass' neck, and the action you have.
B. "I mean with good tension..." That's really subjective. I've never found any string that'd allow me to tune down to C or B with anything resembling good tension, and still be able to tune up to E. It's not the HipShot's problem, it's the physics of a vibrating string. So, if you can tune your E down to C or B and it sounds good and works well for you, then the HipShop will allow you to drop right down there at the flip of a lever.
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