Drill Jig for mounting 2 pin fender Bass tuning pegs.

[Dis Tournear]

I have a luthier that is making a jig for mounting these tuners to my fender Jazz. Is there any interest in having this made available for purchase? You will still need to find out if the tuning peg will fit the diameter of your peg holes. Let me know and I am new to the forum.

 

[Dis Tournear]

The jig is known to work with these models, again you need to figure out your peg hole diameter to know if your neck will work for these models. The bass in the middle head stock is what you could have with this process.


Fender Models:

Item model number 0097335049

Item model number 992006000

Hipshot:

Hip Shot BassXtender B12

 

[Dis Tournear]

There are other 2 pined models that predate these that I would guess will work as well with the jig install, but can't say for sure without samples.

 

[Beej]

Interesting idea, I honestly have no idea what kind of demand that would meet.

Personally, if I had to mount those, I'd successively mount one at a time and tap it with a mallet to create impressions of the holes, mark the centers, drill them out with a forstner and mount the tuners.

I'd think the prospective builder/buyer would probably meet a few criteria:
- building Fender-style instruments or at least instruments that would accommodate that hardware in that specific configuration;
- willing to put Fender-branded hardware on their instrument (don't mean to be facetious here, I personally would not since there are so many other options);
- if they build, they'd likely also have the skills to make the jig themselves as well, so it would mostly be a time-saver
- build necks with these frequently enough to require a jig for this process (as it's relatively quick just marking them with the mallet method)

Alternatively, the prospective modder/buyer would possibly meet:
- have an existing neck that could work with the jig
- want to use these same 2-pin tuners
- would prefer to use a jig than just tighten/mark/drill (this could be lots, many people prefer the reliable precision of a jig)

Just a few thoughts, welcome to the Luthier's Corner!

 

[Dis Tournear]

Thanks for your input and insightful. Not meant for people with your skills. It will most likely be $55 for the kit. It has it's own hand drills to accommodate people like me that tools try and hide from me because I am so bad at using. BT12 crazy cool, set it right and it stays in tune flipping back and forth. These tuners are the best that fender has and lite has hell. No interest other than sharing what I wanted and what I got. Will share name and link to seller if enough interest. Cheers

 

[Dis Tournear]

Also I have not intended install on anything but fender. It could work maybe on other brands, but why? The builder is nice to deal with as well.

 

[Dis Tournear]

This company sells a lot of other setup devices that have the same quality of StewMac, but cheaper and in some cases better.

 

[Dis Tournear]

If you want a better look

BASS Guitar Tuner Installation Tool - Pin-mount - Drill Jig - Fender | Reverb

 

[Dis Tournear]

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[Beej]

Okay, since he's obviously already making and attempting to sell these, I don't understand why you didn't just share the link in the first post? At any rate, it looks good, but a comparison to StewMac is apt, considering the very high prices for his slightly unnecessary products. $190 USD for a fret bender is... yikes.

 

[1n3]

... Personally, if I had to mount those, I'd successively mount one at a time and tap it with a mallet to create impressions of the holes, mark the centers, drill them out with a forstner and mount the tuners.

Yeah, this. Think I've done that with Schaller pin-located tuners, 'cept no forstner bits. I'd have to be doing a lot of 'em to justify that fixture.

 

[TFM94]

Interesting idea, I honestly have no idea what kind of demand that would meet.

I'm with Beej on this one. Luthiers who use those tuners for their own builds are able to mount them without a jig or could easily make a jig themselves. As a modder/DIYer who wants to install these tuners I would be reluctant to pay 55$ for a jig I only use once. There are a lot of tuners available that are easier to install with screws instead of pins, and factoring in the cost of the jig, most of them are cheaper as well.

Not saying it's a bad product, i just can't see a large target group who would buy it. First-time builders/modders perhaps.

 

[Dis Tournear]

Okay, since he's obviously already making and attempting to sell these, I don't understand why you didn't just share the link in the first post? At any rate, it looks good, but a comparison to StewMac is apt, considering the very high prices for his slightly unnecessary products. $190 USD for a fret bender is... yikes.

I am the first customer for the product made specifically for me upon my request and I get nothing out of this. They are mostly not ready for sale yet. Looking at interest only now. This is not geared for a luthier and maybe I have posted in the wrong place. The person saying $55 is to much. What if they just took it to a local Luthier. Probably cost that much or more. With this you could at least sell. Where should I post this for the regular Joe on this site. What this is actually made for! I know a luthier would not use this .....

 

[Dis Tournear]

I'm with Beej on this one. Luthiers who use those tuners for their own builds are able to mount them without a jig or could easily make a jig themselves. As a modder/DIYer who wants to install these tuners I would be reluctant to pay 55$ for a jig I only use once. There are a lot of tuners available that are easier to install with screws instead of pins, and factoring in the cost of the jig, most of them are cheaper as well.

Not saying it's a bad product, i just can't see a large target group who would buy it. First-time builders/modders perhaps.

Not geared for Luthier, but the regular Joe. How much would you charge to install dual pin tuners on a Jazz bass?

 

[Dis Tournear]

Google gives me an avg of $60/ hour for a luthier. Buy the jig for 55, install labor $0. Sell on ebay for $40. Upgrade labor cost you $15. Seems like a low cost to me. To each his own ....

 

[TFM94]

Google gives me an avg of $60/ hour for a luthier. Buy the jig for 55, install labor $0. Sell on ebay for $40. Upgrade labor cost you $15. Seems like a low cost to me. To each his own ....

I'm not saying that 55$ is too much for a well made jig, it's just that using screw-mounted tuners would save me the cost of the jig plus the effort to buy and resell.

There's probably people who would buy this, but they likely don't hang out in the luthier's corner.

 

[Dis Tournear]

Okay, since he's obviously already making and attempting to sell these, I don't understand why you didn't just share the link in the first post? At any rate, it looks good, but a comparison to StewMac is apt, considering the very high prices for his slightly unnecessary products. $190 USD for a fret bender is... yikes.

I am not really here to make him $$$, but to pass on something that may help people do their own simple upgrade. Maybe I can bring my bass to have someone change out my strings, I am sure a luthier might fall asleep with that W/O. I own all of his measuring devices and they are significantly cheaper and accurate. Can you find something that he sells that you don't like. Probably, I have no need to bend fret wires.

 

[Beej]

I am the first customer for the product made specifically for me upon my request and I get nothing out of this. They are mostly not ready for sale yet. Looking at interest only now. This is not geared for a luthier and maybe I have posted in the wrong place. The person saying $55 is to much. What if they just took it to a local Luthier. Probably cost that much or more. With this you could at least sell. Where should I post this for the regular Joe on this site. What this is actually made for! I know a luthier would not use this .....

Everything is much clearer, thank you. Honestly, it's beautiful kit, but aimed to a specific customer, and like you say, probably not luthiers! I'll mention though that TalkBass has really specific and tightly enforced policies around what constitutes "spam". Soliciting interest in a product that's in development probably comes pretty close to walking a fine line in that area, so it may actually be worth checking in with the moderators as to what you can and can't post. This will save you from the ban bus.

The busiest subforum on TB is the Basses forum, and you'd probably get some more end-user discussion going there. That said, it's moderated closely, so you'd have to be careful about being interpreted as spam or promoting as a "commercial user" or shill for same. There were problems with this in TBs past, hence the very close moderation we have today.

 

[Dis Tournear]

Everything is much clearer, thank you. Honestly, it's beautiful kit, but aimed to a specific customer, and like you say, probably not luthiers! I'll mention though that TalkBass has really specific and tightly enforced policies around what constitutes "spam". Soliciting interest in a product that's in development probably comes pretty close to walking a fine line in that area, so it may actually be worth checking in with the moderators as to what you can and can't post. This will save you from the ban bus.

The busiest subforum on TB is the Basses forum, and you'd probably get some more end-user discussion going there. That said, it's moderated closely, so you'd have to be careful about being interpreted as spam or promoting as a "commercial user" or shill for same. There were problems with this in TBs past, hence the very close moderation we have today.

Thanks for the info, I will try to contact the moderator. Don't want to break no rules!

 

[Dis Tournear]

I'm not saying that 55$ is too much for a well made jig, it's just that using screw-mounted tuners would save me the cost of the jig plus the effort to buy and resell.

There's probably people who would buy this, but they likely don't hang out in the luthier's corner.

True I have linked the post to the upgrade section so you will see these posts as well. Sorry for posting in the wrong place all.