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Old 06-24-2010, 02:57 PM
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purple machine heads for pbass???

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Hey guys I am looking for a set of purple machine heads(tuners) for my purple people eater p -bass, have a purple mirror pick guard, purple knobs, and purple velvet strap
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any good e-stores to get a set, I can get purple in sprezel's but I am not sure if the will work on a pbass

what say you, any help for a man lost in purple haze.....


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Sperzel. And yes, Sperzel makes bass tuners. Here's some info:
http://www.tkinstruments.com/id94.ht...sperzel_tuners

The only other option is to have them powder-coated, and that will not be cheap.
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You can get all aluminum tuners anodized (sperzel anodizes theirs for example). Powdercoating is also an option but i generally dont recommend it for certain things, tuners would be one of those things.
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Sperzel. And yes, Sperzel makes bass tuners. Here's some info:
http://www.tkinstruments.com/id94.ht...sperzel_tuners

The only other option is to have them powder-coated, and that will not be cheap.
I had a Carvin bass with Sperzel tuners on it. Not sure if they were factory or not, but they certainly worked just fine.
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Old 06-24-2010, 07:21 PM
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+1 on anodized aluminum ones.
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Old 06-25-2010, 10:43 AM
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That's true, you could buy some Hipshot Ultralites, and go through the anodizing process.

http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/anodize.shtml

But that's a pretty expensive option, TBH.
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There are a lot of ano places and for parts that small it isnt that pricey. Youll probably have tyo go through a paintball parts anodizer. If you need help lmk.
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ebay had some jazz bass kits with colored hardware. id have to double check for the seller that had them, but im pretty sure you could just by tuning machines. IIRC, purple was an option.
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found someone ( Al's music source) that is going do a set of wilkson's and a bridge for for at a decent price, I am going to have gold saddles and a gold string tree with purple everything else.......can't wait.. pure purple funkyness..




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