Yamaha tuners?

jeskew · #1 10-04-2006, 02:40 PM

I was wondering if anyone knows of drop in replacement tuners for a Yamaha BB200. Mine are wearing out and are a little loose. They have a strange 3 hole pattern I haven't seen anywhere else. Is my only option to drill a couple of new holes? Thanks.

-Josh

saxnbass · #2 10-04-2006, 03:18 PM

Email Yamaha, I've done so many times. They are quite helpfull

supersean · #3 10-04-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by saxnbass

Email Yamaha, I've done so many times. They are quite helpfull

ive emailed them and they never replyed.... maybe u should email them for me and get the answer i need

saxnbass · #4 10-04-2006, 04:35 PM

Just sent them an email. Will let you know what they say when I get a reply. If you don't hear anything from me on this in 4 days, send me a PM every 4 days reminding me until you get an answer.

jeskew · #5 10-04-2006, 04:53 PM

I also e-mailed them, thanks for your help.

saxnbass · #6 10-04-2006, 05:00 PM

No problem.

jeskew · #7 10-05-2006, 01:23 PM

Well they already emailed back and gave me numbers for the Yamaha Parts Department at (714) 522-9011 or (888) 892-6242. Hopefully the set won't be more than 50 or 60 bucks, if it's that much I'll probably just go with some hipshots.

saxnbass · #8 10-05-2006, 01:32 PM

Hipshots are great.

supersean · #9 10-05-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jeskew

Well they already emailed back and gave me numbers for the Yamaha Parts Department at (714) 522-9011 or (888) 892-6242. Hopefully the set won't be more than 50 or 60 bucks, if it's that much I'll probably just go with some hipshots.

what address did u send them a email to? cuz they still havnt replyed to my email

jeskew · #10 10-05-2006, 01:57 PM

I think it was guitarguru@yamaha.com, they also have (714) 522-9011, 8:30AM to 5:00PM PST/PDT, Monday through Friday listed.

supersean · #11 10-05-2006, 01:59 PM

ya thats wut i emailed and got nothing

and thats going to be a long distance call for me which sucks do u know anything about the bb414 bridges? cuz then maybe u could help me

saxnbass · #12 10-05-2006, 02:14 PM

Here's the email I got back:

Hi -have you contacted the yamaha parts dept to check on availibility of the original parts -?--714-522-9011 and transfer to parts ---if these are unavailible then i would install a set of schaller tuners -- small holes will have to be drilled to mount them ---EB

I emailed them using a different address, I guess I'm a special customer

jeskew · #13 10-05-2006, 03:23 PM

Supersean, do you have some sort of spam filter? Maybe something is blocking the incoming mail. It just seems strange we would both get replies so quickly and you wouldn't get anything.

As far as the bb414 bridge I dont really know. If its a 5 hole pattern it's pretty generic and the same as mine which I replaced with the black version of these http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/bridge_gotoh.htm

supersean · #14 10-05-2006, 04:18 PM

ya i wanted to put the badass bass II on mine so i just wanted to make sure it would fit on ya it is a 5 bolt pattern so i guess it would fit on then?

saxnbass · #15 10-05-2006, 04:22 PM

I don't know. If its not a direct fit, shouldn't be too much work to dril the holes for it. As long as the outer two holes fit, it should be fine. Best if all fit, but at least the outer two.

supersean · #16 10-06-2006, 11:20 AM

ya but im not sure if the saddles will line up with the strings and stuff too geez i emailed yamaha again so far their giving me horrible custamer service can someone else email them for me? and maybe theyll reply to you

Angus · #17 10-14-2006, 10:58 AM

Replace the tuners with aftermarket Gotoh, Hipshot, or Schaller units, as they'll be much more robust than the Yamaha ones. As they wear they get too much clearance between the gears which allows them to slip under string tension. So you'll be in the same spot as before. Buy a good set and take them to a qualified guitar/bass tech to have them installed, it won't be expensive at all.

For the bridge, just measure the string spacing and go online and look at some of the quality aftermarket bridges and get one that is of the appropriate width. For 4 strings it is easy because there is very little deviation in string spacing (short of like Alembic) so almost all bridges work on 4 strings. The mounting holes will be different, but the guitar/bass tech can do this as well. ABM, Hipshot, et al, are all good.

Are you using full sentences, punctuation, capital letters, and grammar when you are emailing the company? I know a few that won't reply if the person won't take the time to form a proper sentence in the email.