Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 My competition orange squier classic vibe mustang is a lovely bass. It had some non-original crappy tuners on it when I bought it so I put on a set of nickel wilkinson tuners from a vintage pro thunderbird (after fitting gotoh GB640 res-o-lites to the thunderbird) which are the same design & footprint as the original squier tuners would have been, but of slightly heavier construction. The previous owner had also put in a pickup from a vintera mustang and I made a new loom with cts pots, switchcraft socket etc, and fitted a thumbrest. The wilkinsons work really well but I really like the hipshot lollipops on my JMJs so I have been keeping an eye out for some, and managed to get my hands on a set today. I took off the wilkinsons and replaced the ferrules, but when I laid out the hipshots on the headstock, the plates overlap by about 1mm or so. I don't want to bodge it by filing the tuner plates, so I guess I'll have to learn to love the wilkinsons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy_r Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Dayyum indeed! Why not make a (ply?) Template of the 2 nearest hole/gap, and keep it handy when potential replacements might come into view? ...just a random idea... Edited January 24 by sandy_r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 I don’t think that’ll help as I specifically wanted to fit the hipshot lollipop tuners. The wilkinsons currently fitted are as good a second choice as anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy_r Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 18 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: I don’t think that’ll help as I specifically wanted to fit the hipshot lollipop tuners. The wilkinsons currently fitted are as good a second choice as anything else. I think you've just invented the need for The Tuner Shim! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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