Hi. I really like my Jazz 5 (4+1 tuners) but I think the G string tuner looks kind of weird and out of proportion compared to a Jazz 4. So is there any tuner that will hide the G string clover tuner and make my Jazz 5 looks like a Jazz 4?
You shouldn't be able to see it from youur playing angle. And I assure you nobody else in the entire room cares.....at all....none.....zero. Even OCD audience members don't care. Even people allergic to odd numbers don't care. Even that guy whose father died trying to teach him to add 4+1 doesn't care. So, if you can't see it while you're on stage, and nobody else cares, I would let it go. But, good luck with your sesrch.
But me I care!!!! And I see it on the rack and everytime I get my Jazz 5 out of the case Also it would fit better in my gigbag, so that's not nothing
Hm. Let's see. Perhaps, a tuner with an extra-long post, mounted through a shallow wooden cylinder glued to the back of the headstock to allow for the button, installed so that it's behind the HS as opposed to being visible at its edge as usual, to turn freely. The button itself should be small, as in guitar-syle or a little larger. The only part visible from the front would be the tuning post, which on 4+1 headstocks is around where the coin-shaped string tree is on a 4-banger anyway. Of course, you'd need to source, make or have someone make such an extra-long-post tuner.
If it's chrome, switch it out for black and only stand in front of dark colored backgrounds. Or get out your router and move it behind the bridge. {}
How about moving D string tuner next to G? I always thought that 3+2 headstock looks better than 4+1.
Invisibility cloak Grind down the tuner key into a hex. Remount the key so it protrudes behind the headstock. Use an offset nut driver to turn it. This is assuming there's even room for that. I'm at lunch at work, no bass here. Hence why I can see Youtube.
I really like TB humor this Monday I was thinking of something similar to what drummer are using to tune drum heads. Or maybe only the tuning post where I can insert an allen key.
You could have someone weld the bolt part of a drum head bolt onto a cut down bass tuner. But if you ever forget the tuning key, you wouldn’t be able to tune the bass.
I’m curious if someone could design a tuner where you could just remove the knob from the tuner machine and attach it to the back of the headstock or something. I’ve had a few 4+1 headstock basses and it’s not my favorite look but also not something I care that much about. {} {}
Good idear - I didn't like the inline 5 tuners in the past, but it's actually a cool look - and they're usually the mini-style 5 tuners inline - a clean look.
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