Hello,
I'm realizing that it is time to upgrade my tuning machines. My bass is a carved Eastern European (probably Hungarian) Carcassi copy, built in the last 15 years. The previous owner gave it a ood bridge and endpin (& socket), but the machines are pretty trashy. I play gut strings and have found myself wanting something of a little better quality to facilitate all the tuning I do.
I've been looking around at a few options and while I can fantasize about having a really nice set of Kruntz tuners installed, I'm on a bit of a budget at the moment. So I'm considering some of the more basic (non-hat-peg) machines from Rubner. I can get these in Canada for a fair price and even these modest tuners are an upgrade from what's on the bass currently.
What I am wondering is if whether the Tyrolean-style plate mounted machines are sufficiently heavier than the individually mounted machines to dampen the instrument's tone. The current machines are separate but have a substantial plate on each so that if I filled in the 2 inches between on either side, it would look like my bass had Tyrolean-style mahines. I would doubt that an extra bit of thin metal would make that much difference, but then I don't use a quiver because I find that it dampens the way my bass resonates (and gets in the way when bowing the tailpiece). Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Aaron
I'm realizing that it is time to upgrade my tuning machines. My bass is a carved Eastern European (probably Hungarian) Carcassi copy, built in the last 15 years. The previous owner gave it a ood bridge and endpin (& socket), but the machines are pretty trashy. I play gut strings and have found myself wanting something of a little better quality to facilitate all the tuning I do.
I've been looking around at a few options and while I can fantasize about having a really nice set of Kruntz tuners installed, I'm on a bit of a budget at the moment. So I'm considering some of the more basic (non-hat-peg) machines from Rubner. I can get these in Canada for a fair price and even these modest tuners are an upgrade from what's on the bass currently.
What I am wondering is if whether the Tyrolean-style plate mounted machines are sufficiently heavier than the individually mounted machines to dampen the instrument's tone. The current machines are separate but have a substantial plate on each so that if I filled in the 2 inches between on either side, it would look like my bass had Tyrolean-style mahines. I would doubt that an extra bit of thin metal would make that much difference, but then I don't use a quiver because I find that it dampens the way my bass resonates (and gets in the way when bowing the tailpiece). Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Aaron
