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02-14-2008, 07:41 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Hipshot Problem FIXED!!!
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Got a Gotoh style Bass Extender Key, but the string post is way too short!
Is there anything that can be done?
Is it possible to dissasemeble it and the original tuner and add that string post to the Hipshot?
Update - Hipshot took care of me!
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02-14-2008, 07:49 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | I believe its the GB7 model.
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02-14-2008, 08:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | | Have you tried returning it? The folks at hipshot are quite friendly, maybe they can offer you some assistance. |
02-14-2008, 08:15 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by meev992  Have you tried returning it? The folks at hipshot are quite friendly, maybe they can offer you some assistance. | Bought it through StewMac. And someone threw away the package. Gotta see if the recipt is still intact.
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02-15-2008, 08:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jersey Shore, USA | | It sounds like you might have gotten the wrong model for the bass you're modding. I've always heard people say that the Hipshot post is a little longer than the other stock ones, but never shorter...
What kind of bass is it? Hipshot Customer Service is very helpful, and if you give them the details on your bass, they'll be able to tell you exactly which detuner you need. From there, hopefully you can return & exchange the key for the proper one (find that receipt!  ).
Good luck!
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02-15-2008, 09:06 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Thety only had two varietys of key at StewMac, Fender or Gotoh,
The bass I planned on attaching it to had Grover tuners, but I tried it on four basses(Traben, Cort, Tanglewood, Richwood), all the same. Gonna check with both StewMac and Hipshot.
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02-15-2008, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jersey Shore, USA | | Okay, I'll ask again...  
What kind of bass is this key going on?
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02-15-2008, 09:24 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | A Traben with standard Gotoh style tuners, made by Grover.
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02-15-2008, 09:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jersey Shore, USA | | Hmmm - okay, I'm stumped! 
Because if this is the xtender you ordered (below), then it should be a straight drop-in, with no problems with post length...
Yeah, I guess StewMac & Hipshot are your best bet. Sorry - figured I'd take a shot at helping you with this. Good luck!
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02-15-2008, 09:33 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Thats the beastie, everything else was perfect even the screwhole lined up perfect, thans for the help anyway!
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02-15-2008, 11:19 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herndon, VA - NoVa | | | Definitely send an email to Hipshot, you'll get a response very quickly. I had an extender that was missing 1/2 the parts, and for $10 they fixed it up and reassembled it with new parts. This has got to be some of the best customer service that I've ever dealt with!
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02-15-2008, 12:06 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Got my reply, they said that this is normal, because of the base plate.
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02-16-2008, 08:38 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Installed it, and my string can't even wrap round the post once, so I think I should take a pic of this and send it to Hipshot and see what they make of it.
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02-17-2008, 07:09 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar Amplification | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I recently bought a gb 7 for a gibson lp standard. I had the same problem. Post was MUCH smaller than the other tuners. I ended up using it on another bass, but have thought about seeing if I could special order another one with the correct post length. I've heard people say that Hipshot is helpful with custom orders. |
02-17-2008, 07:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City | | | I'd try them again. I got one for my Sterling a while back, and th post was TOO LONG. I badgered them a bit about it,and they were great. They simply sent me a matching post, and I popped it in - fit perfectly.
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02-17-2008, 09:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK, Essex | | | I've heard somewhere that if you send them the original post they can make a D-tuner from it. I've considered doing this with my Yammy RBX4-A2. The stock tuners have a satin finish which there is no hipshot product similar to, and because of the '3D' headstock the GB7 post does come up a little short. It's not too short and is usable, but I would like more post length.
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02-17-2008, 09:13 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by corradoc I'd try them again. I got one for my Sterling a while back, and th post was TOO LONG. I badgered them a bit about it,and they were great. They simply sent me a matching post, and I popped it in - fit perfectly. | That was a Fender style one though wasn't it?
If I could find out how to remove the gotoh style stringposts, Id use the one on the stock tuner, but I dot know if this is even possible, should be though, they have to be assembled somehow!
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03-10-2008, 09:56 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Wanted to let everyone know, Hipshot have fixed my Extender, and I had it a week after they recieved it, which is fantastic considering I'm in Europe!
Gotta say their Customer Service is the best I've come accross.
And of courese the Extender is fantastic, works like a charm, my main axe is now twice as versatile! 
I just couldn't be happier!
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