Didn't me and you have an argument about that about ten years ago?
I think I was even going to buy them from you at some point.
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Vintage reverse tuners... Why God why!
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Didn't me and you have an argument about that about ten years ago?
I think I was even going to buy them from you at some point.
Ric5
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Didn't me and you have an argument about that about ten years ago?
I have never had a set of reverse tuners for sale …
The only bass I ever had with those on it was my 1968 4001 and the backwards tuners went with that bass when I sold it. I think I sold it around 2004
I think we had a couple of discussions on flats vs rounds over at Rickresource
If I had kept the bass I would have put the new 4003 tuners on it and new 4003 pickups. and straploks
A couple!
. The funny thing is I only have flats on two of my basses right now, both Gibsons. I knew where the tuners came from, maybe I just offered to buy them? Long time ago.
From what I've observed, it looks as though Jazz Basses were the first to receive non-Kluson tuners, aka lollipops, to be followed within a year or so by the P Basses. I've seen '67 P's with original Klusons a number of times, but never beyond the 1967 model year.
I wonder how much $$ CBS saved by ditching Klusons and going in-house with their tuner production. Must've been considerable.
It's unfortunately pretty easy to do. We are programmed to look toward the left before crossing a street, meanwhile what's going to hit you comes on your right. I've been there too, driving and walking.
Ug... a friend of mine was killed stepping onto a street in London. He got hit by a city bus. Ended up shipping him back to Toronto in a coma... :-(
Ric5
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A couple!
I sold the old 4001 with the original parts ...
Heartbreaking. I was very lucky. After the second time, I learned...no more crossing the street unless there's a lighted crosswalk. I'd walk two blocks out of my way to find one if need be.
not me. I always look to the right first. When I enter a store, I instinctively head to the right. But I’m left handed, and that may be the reason.
on the other hand, if you think simply dealing with reverse tuners is hard, how about tuning your pre CBS bass, while at the same time crossing the street in New Zealand? How do you Kiwis deal with these issues?
Not only the above, our toilets flush in the opposite direction.
You have to crap left to right rather than right to left...
I had a bass that had tuners that where " upside down" on some of the strings and they were to be wound onto the post in the opposite direction so that actual tuning was all in the same direction. Looking for a picture of it.
The design was very clever in that it allowed the head to be pretty small to defeat neck dive. I never found out who had made that Bass, I thought it was a Tune because of the neck but I sent them a picture and they said it was clever but not one of theirs.
It's somewhat amazing that reverse tuners could generate seven pages.
The design was very clever in that it allowed the head to be pretty small to defeat neck dive. I never found out who had made that Bass, I thought it was a Tune because of the neck but I sent them a picture and they said it was clever but not one of theirs.
It's somewhat amazing that reverse tuners could generate seven pages.
Now THIS would drive me nuts . . . but points up one of the many virtues of headless instruments: the tuners always work the same way, which is the way you expect them to.
Aw, c'mon. When tuning—regardless of the style tuners—you tighten, then loosen and bring the tension back up. It's a constant up and down so it doesn't really matter which direction the tuners are.
I like them. No confusion with my other basses.
I've put them on my Road Worn Jazz and even added a set of the original string mutes (but without the actual felt pads on them) - just because I happened to have them in a drawer. It's like reaching way back into a dark, exotic and mysterious past - woooo!
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I've put them on my Road Worn Jazz and even added a set of the original string mutes (but without the actual felt pads on them) - just because I happened to have them in a drawer. It's like reaching way back into a dark, exotic and mysterious past - woooo!
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