jj1234 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Hi folks, I'm very lucky to have two Nordstrand VJ4's (a standard jazz-type bass) and the fretless one has a Hipshot de-tuner that would be a lot more useful to me on the fretted one. I wanted to know whether installation of the hipshot includes drilling or not. If not then it should be easy to swap it over and the standard machine head likewise. If not, then maybe one of them won't work on the other, or even both won't work on the other. Anyone know which it is? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 IIRC it should be a direct swap. At least it was in the 80s when I installed one last... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Hipshot D-tuners are designed to be direct swap with no permanent alterations to the instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj1234 Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 thanks guys. I'll give it a try then probably! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 3 hours ago, therealting said: Hipshot D-tuners are designed to be direct swap with no permanent alterations to the instrument. Yes - I agree. They work a treat, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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