Setup for constant tuning changes....

jrmgcoolville · #1 10-06-2006, 12:02 AM

I was wondering what kind of setup and/or neck is recommended for a bass that will have 4 hipshot d-tuners and a tremello system. I just worry about damaging my bass.

PilbaraBass · #2 10-06-2006, 01:13 AM

make the set up comfortable and playable (relief and action) as per your lowest tuning (most "de-tuned" setting) and then live with the higher action and greater neck-bow as you raise the tuning.

Use heavier gauge strings to help keep things tight, too.

spudmaster34 · #3 10-06-2006, 05:27 PM

d-tuners and a tremolo is a bad idea, when you activate any of the d-tuners, it will go horribly out of tune on the other stings, the more of them that are engaged, the worse it will get. Please, don't do it

moro · #4 10-06-2006, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by spudmaster34

d-tuners and a tremolo is a bad idea, when you activate any of the d-tuners, it will go horribly out of tune on the other stings, the more of them that are engaged, the worse it will get. Please, don't do it

Only if it's a floating tremolo. If the bridge is setup for dive-only, you can detune a string without the rest of them going out of tune.

spudmaster34 · #5 10-06-2006, 05:56 PM

I stand corrected. what type of trem is it that you plan to use?

jrmgcoolville · #6 10-06-2006, 09:14 PM

I plan on using a hipshot floating tremolo. It says it will stay in tune though.

spudmaster34 · #7 10-07-2006, 06:43 AM

http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart....t_detail&p=141, this one? If you are going by the description on that page, they mean that after you use the trem, it will return to tune and not be flat (a problem on some trems) I would suggest calling hipshot and asking if it will work, but they will probably say no

moro · #8 10-07-2006, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by spudmaster34

http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart....t_detail&p=141, this one? If you are going by the description on that page, they mean that after you use the trem, it will return to tune and not be flat (a problem on some trems) I would suggest calling hipshot and asking if it will work, but they will probably say no

Yeah, like I said, if it's floating, the entire bass will go out of tune when you detune a string.

The tremolo that spudmaster34 posted *could* work as long as you set it up for dive-only. You do this either by installing the bridge so the baseplate is flush against the face of the bass, or by putting wooden or metal block between the tremolo cavity and the inertia block of the tremolo.