Double Bass irving sloane machine heads

[hsonbassplyr94]

does anyone know a place to get a great deal on these machine heads or others like it? please...would be a great help?

 

[PB+J]

Try Lowstrings.net. I got mine there for a good price. I LOVE them--they were worth every penny

 

[drurb]

Try Lowstrings.net. I got mine there for a good price. I LOVE them--they were worth every penny

That's lowstrings.com, I believe.

 

[PB+J]

Yes, ".com" is correct

 

[shwashwa]

can these be installed on a bass that currently has plates on the side onf the peg box?

 

[bassphase]

I'm surprised you can get them anywhere but Gage's shop. He seemed to have some exclusive hold on them.

They ARE fantastic tuners. I have a set on my Golia bass.

bob

 

[michaeln]

Are these what you are looking for?

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[Waltjie]

At those prices, these must be really good. Or something.

 

[PB+J]

Are these what you are looking for?

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No, he wanted sloan tuners that could be used with sideplates.

They're very expensive, but very very good. My bass, a Shen, had nice brass tuners that rattled and had a lot of backlash. The Sloans are dead silent and extremely precise--no backlash, no slop. They are very slow though, in that you have to turn them a lot to see a in change in pitch. Changing strings I always use one of these things that attach to a cordless drill.

They won't really make you play any better, but they will make everyday tuning corrections easier and more pleasant

 

[michaeln]

No, he wanted sloan tuners that could be used with sideplates.

The OP didn't specify that, that was someone else.

 

[drurb]

No, he wanted sloan tuners that could be used with sideplates.

They're very expensive, but very very good. My bass, a Shen, had nice brass tuners that rattled and had a lot of backlash. The Sloans are dead silent and extremely precise--no backlash, no slop. They are very slow though, in that you have to turn them a lot to see a in change in pitch. Changing strings I always use one of these things that attach to a cordless drill.

They won't really make you play any better, but they will make everyday tuning corrections easier and more pleasant

The ones on Gage's site look the same. Are there special versions for side plates? I wasn't aware that they made those.

 

[forester]

they are a stand alone tuner,i believe that is the point, the only great deal i suspect would be a used set (fitting required) that someone would part with.

 

[michaeln]

I wonder what someone's gonna put on when they take off a set of those?

 

[drurb]

they are a stand alone tuner,i believe that is the point, the only great deal i suspect would be a used set (fitting required) that someone would part with.

That's my understanding as well. What seemed confusing was this, in response to michaeln's link to the pics:

No, he wanted sloan tuners that could be used with sideplates.

Sounded like PB+J was suggesting that there's another option.

 

[PB+J]

Not that I now of--I think the Sloans are only available as single tuners. Ask Thomas Wolf at Lowstrings.com--that's where I got mine

 

[drurb]

Not that I now of--I think the Sloans are only available as single tuners. Ask Thomas Wolf at Lowstrings.com--that's where I got mine

Thanks-- I only knew of the single machines as well.

 

[LouisF]

I don't know if this is of any interest:

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Louis

 

[Eric Swanson]

Thanks Louis! Really lovely!

 

[Mike Arnopol]

If I'm not mistaken, these machines are made in the Phillipines. There have been reports that these machines aren't machined as well as the Sloanes.I think that Jeff Bolbach used similar Phillipine machines but had a machinist clean up the gears.

 

[Jake deVilliers]

Martin Bailey's beautiful machines are made in England and can be installed with or without side plates.

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