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Toolmybass said:
Correction....mine look like this on the MKIII. This may have been the lightweights that were made avail to Pete at the time of this build.
These look alot like the Hipshot ones on Wal's website on the MKIII but mine are not stamped.
I also noticed PJ that 2 of your other Wals (both new build MKIII's) have the Hipshot Ultralights on them. Did you specify to Paul that you wanted orig. style Schallers on this one?
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No I didn't ! I think these light weight Hiphots are standard for MKIIIs. But I forgot to specify them for my MKII 5. Five heavy M4S add a lot of weight on the headstock !My MKII5 balance , when sitting , is no good due to these 5 heavy big ears ! It's no so bad, but I so expensive bass has to be perfect lol !
 
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speaking of tuners. I've looked at a bunch of older and newer MKI's and they all seem to have the more Y shaped schallers M4's where mine has the bigger clover style. Where other MkI's built with tuners like mine or are they possibly non-original?

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#2,155
j.kernodle said:
speaking of tuners. I've looked at a bunch of older and newer MKI's and they all seem to have the more Y shaped schallers M4's where mine has the bigger clover style. Where other MkI's built with tuners like mine or are they possibly non-original?

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Although I'd been playing and collecting Wals for 20 years, I'm not an expert WAL like Caca, I'm unable to answer you !
 
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j.kernodle said:
speaking of tuners. I've looked at a bunch of older and newer MKI's and they all seem to have the more Y shaped schallers M4's where mine has the bigger clover style. Where other MkI's built with tuners like mine or are they possibly non-original?]
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The answer to your question is actually quite simple. Pete had a batch of wrong tuners, the so-called elephant ears. You're tuners are completely original Wal.
 
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j.kernodle said:
speaking of tuners. I've looked at a bunch of older and newer MKI's and they all seem to have the more Y shaped schallers M4's where mine has the bigger clover style. Where other MkI's built with tuners like mine or are they possibly non-original?

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Thats odd...after all your great pics posted of this bass i never noticed that!. I dont think i have seen a Wal with that shape of tuner heads. Do you have a pic on the back of the headstock?

It possible that a previous owner liked this style better (they do look like Schallers) and if i were to bet....someone left everything there and just took out the little screw and just switched the wing part of the tuner.
 

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