franzbassist Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Hi there Does anyone have any experience of the licensed Hipshot Ultralites? I know the US-made ones are terrific, but what of the Korean licensed ones? Thanks Gareth Edited January 16, 2015 by walbassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdreadful Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Subscribing as relevant to my interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The licensed ones on Korean Laklands are excellent. I also have a US set and can't see much difference except for the logo. In fact I prefer the licensed ones as they have a tapered shaft (although this may be specific to Lakland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 So are the licensed ones still using imperial hex heads for the tension adjustment/reversal screw holding it all together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Crikey, haven't a clue! I would expect metric. Just off out but will check my JO4 and post tomorrow unless someone (else does first) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The Korean license adjustment screw takes a 2mm hex wench, the US version takes a 1/16". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1421510906' post='2662129'] The Korean license adjustment screw takes a 2mm hex wench, the US version takes a 1/16". [/quote] Cool, good info, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 There are budget and premium versions of everything these days! I would be interested in exactly what would make the US ones worth going for over the, assumed, cheaper Korean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Just had an email back from a guy who stocks both. He said the Licensed tuners are great and there's no real need to pay the extra for the US, so he's just talked himself out of some extra wedge from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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