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HELP! Info on Riverhead basses???

BagelBruin said:
HOW THE HELL DO YOU CHANGE THE STRINGS ON THESE THINGS? When I bought it was strung with normal strings, so I know it can be done without the double ball system.

And yes, the bass is for sale.

Which Riverhead is it, the headless one? If so there should be Allen lugs that affix a bar across the top of the strings?
 
I own a Unicorn. The old strings were super dead and BROWN with rust.

There are the lugs, but I am struggling to get tension on the strings. Do I just really tug on the strings through the Allen lugs up top?

I had a Unicorn, and after a while the screws got stripped, and I could never get the little bar tight after that. I actually wound up getting a radiator hose clamp (classy!) that worked like a charm. Not sure anyone noticed. I liked that bass, but that was definitely a design flaw.
 
Riverhead basses are high quality instruments if you're lucky enough to find them. There's a Riverhead Jupiter thread on this website that's an interesting read- I bought a Riverhead not too long ago which at first I thought was a Jupiter, turns out to be an even more obscure model, a Riverhead Spector that's pretty rare even in Japan where it was sold in limited numbers. Body is all contoured like a Spector and pretty much plays like one.
I keep an eye out for Riverhead basses whenever I look at pawn shops or used guitar stores, you never know when one will pop up. Highly recommend these basses.
 

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