mybass Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Would anyone have ideas or contact for headless bass hardware. Ideally a system that allows side placement and uses standard strings. I have used hardware off a "Riverside" bass. It does the job, stamped with "licensed" etc. Very heavy unit. Puts a lot of weight on my newly designed headless which is not what I wanted. It also has no sideway adjustment. Also, the string retainer doesn't accept the E (105) or A (85) string widths very well. Are all headless tuners this weighty I wonder. ETS form Germany looks nice but their so called dealer in the UK ISN'T dealing at all (no VAT in place! hmmm) and it was a bit strange that ETS even gave me this UK number. A lovely mahogany/walnut designed bass needed that bit of a better hardware system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 (edited) [url="http://www.abm-mueller.com/index2.html"]ABM[/url]? You could also try [url="http://www.kingbass.com/index.html"]David King[/url] who makes his own headless hardware. Or alternatively check out some of the builders on [url="http://buildingtheergonomicguitar.com/"]Building the Ergonomic Guitar[/url] to see what they are using. Edited June 25, 2008 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Status do monorail headless tuner units, that you'd be able to space as you wish, and presumably are lighter than most one-piece bridges- [url="http://www.status-graphite.com"]http://www.status-graphite.com[/url] ...they're "temporarily unavailable" though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 [quote name='SJA' post='227869' date='Jun 27 2008, 10:43 AM']Status do monorail headless tuner units, that you'd be able to space as you wish, and presumably are lighter than most one-piece bridges- [url="http://www.status-graphite.com"]http://www.status-graphite.com[/url] ...they're "temporarily unavailable" though.[/quote] Thanks for replying. It may be that ABM made Status parts and I heard ABM have closed down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 [quote name='BigRedX' post='226909' date='Jun 25 2008, 08:25 PM'][url="http://www.abm-mueller.com/index2.html"]ABM[/url]? You could also try [url="http://www.kingbass.com/index.html"]David King[/url] who makes his own headless hardware. Or alternatively check out some of the builders on [url="http://buildingtheergonomicguitar.com/"]Building the Ergonomic Guitar[/url] to see what they are using.[/quote] Thanks for replying. I will look at these two sites, neither of which I new about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 ABM were closed down for awhile but are now back in business. The link I posted is their new web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 (edited) [quote name='BigRedX' post='227971' date='Jun 27 2008, 12:57 PM']ABM were closed down for awhile but are now back in business. The link I posted is their new web site.[/quote] Thanks again. I missed that ABM link first time around didn't I. UPDATE....just had a look at their site. It appears to be a lot more user friendly than I thought it would be. Coulkd be just the job now. cheers for that. Edited June 28, 2008 by mybass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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