So without the tape they don't fit properly?Hipshot ultralite 3/8" tuners fit. I added about a wrap + 3/4 of HVAC tape to my Hipshot Ultralite Lolipop tuners and they fit nice and snug and the screw holes also lined up.
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The Squier Mini Precision Bass Club
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Yes they are slightly loose but its very slight,I used one to two wraps of tin foil,and they were snug.No playability problems at all.The original Fender keys were actually sloppier than the new Hipshots to me.
It's too mushey.you need something more solid If the keys can wander even thousanths of an inch you can have it go out of tune constantly.My fender keys literaly fell out of the sloppy drilled holes from the factory.If you play pro.this could be an issue ,then again once the sleves are tightened,you might be ok,its a crap shoot LOL.Just my own experience.I'm not a professional luthier just an amature.Go to TB's Luthier corner and ask Bruce Johnson ,he is a pro.
Not arguing, just shooting the breeze here,(one amateur to another!), but years ago my brother and I built several guitars from All Parts stuff that we used to get at store cost, from the music store he worked for ( though in this case, it was actually a Mity Mite neck IIRC).
Anyway,one alcohol-fuleled evening, we had a issue with the tuner shaft fit on a Tele neck, and got impatient,and started winging it. We ended up using regular electrical tape to shim the tuner shafts, (probably thinking we'd come back later and do it properly)
, and that guitar has been spot-on, to this day!! (a good 10 years, or so).
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You have a link to the one you ordered?
EDIT: I'm still wanting to modify it a bit but don't want to spend a mint.
4FrankP posted this one back in December, said he really liked it and it fit perfectly.
https://a.co/d/7105DNS
It was shown as out of stock soon after he posted it, but they're available again.
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Just be aware - If you have a great sounding, resonant piece of wood for your bass body, a high mass bridge will dampen that resonance.
From a manufacturing standpoint, the reason to install a high mass bridge is for consistency - the instruments will all sound similar. I don't see any other advantage other than appearance.
Go to a music store and rap on the bodies of similar basses with your knuckle - you can clearly hear differences in the wood that will be blocked from the string sound by the weight of the high-mass bridge. Of course, if the wood is not very resonant, the bridge won't make any difference in the sound.
From a manufacturing standpoint, the reason to install a high mass bridge is for consistency - the instruments will all sound similar. I don't see any other advantage other than appearance.
Go to a music store and rap on the bodies of similar basses with your knuckle - you can clearly hear differences in the wood that will be blocked from the string sound by the weight of the high-mass bridge. Of course, if the wood is not very resonant, the bridge won't make any difference in the sound.
Since the topic came up; an interesting video about where does the tone come from in an electric guitar. Also applies to bass.
100% this. Warmoth has a cool demo on their YouTube with comparisons, one was Graphite rods and Steel rods…. I could here a difference…. But what I learned from Jim Lil is pickup and it’s distance from the string and what string is most important. For bass players the room you are in and where will be the biggest thing.
On my Mini P defret job,the scaled down version high mass bridge I got from Saphu music in China also lowered the saddles to accomodate the lack of frets.The original fender saddles were way to high and thick for a fretless.Thanks for the wood tone info,but the mini p's body is so small and cheap wood I'm sure it won't matter that much.This fretless version is pure Heaven for an old school guy like me who likes the sound of a double bass.
The next step to getting the "upright sound" is to install a piezo pickup and preamp to get the true acoustic sound of the strings. The result is amazing.
What tapewounds are you liking for the Mini-P?
DAderrio ETB92S black nylon tape wounds.Only issue is the E string partially wraps around the tuning peg.It plays a sounds great though.I’m learningfinger intonation takes practice.But the sacrifice is worth it.The vibrato and mwah.are beautifull sounds.I like the beauty of the sound the instrument makes.
Yet all my basses and guitars have a certain unplugged sound that I still hear when they're plugged in. I don't know what it is specifically, but it's not just the strings, the pickup and the distance to the strings.
I know this for a fact like everyone else who has ever changed the neck on a guitar without changing anything else. Why would the wood and bridge not contribute to the sound? For example a Jazzmaster has a lot of string length behind the bridge that adds natural resonance and reverb. A Stratocaster sounds different with the vibrato set to float or decked or blocked.
Short of you coming here and listening to the bass with both necks, there's nothing I can do. Easier for you to try it with your instruments.
And since we're in the Mini thread, scale length also affects the tone. We agree on that at least, right? So it's not just string, pickup and distance between them
String tension is a function of scale length. So it does go back to strings, pickup, and distance between them.
