xilddx Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I just got a Hipshot Gotoh GB-7 and I have yet to install it. The instructions mention using Lithium Grease. Do I really need it? Is there an alternative if I do? Are there any common instalation problems? This will be going on my Warwick Corvette. Cheers all, Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Nah, just use Vaseline. Edited June 8, 2010 by johnnylager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) [quote name='johnnylager' post='860832' date='Jun 8 2010, 11:42 AM']Use Vaseline.[/quote] Thanks mate, that's what I was thinking. I use vaseline on old fishing reels and it's perfectly fine. BTW, I got mine from the States on ebay and paid £40, no duty paid either. Bit of a bargain do you think? [url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HDCustom-Guitar-Supply__W0QQ_sacatZhdcustomguitarsupplyQQ_sidZ125392899?_nkw=hipshot+Bass+extender&submit=Search"]http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HDCustom-Guitar-S...p;submit=Search[/url] Edited June 8, 2010 by silddx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Use Vaseline on the extender's contact points and put a wee bit of pencil lead dust in the nut groove for dry lubrication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 [quote name='silddx' post='860836' date='Jun 8 2010, 11:45 AM']BTW, I got mine from the States on ebay and paid £40, no duty paid either. Bit of a bargain do you think?[/quote] Totally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='860839' date='Jun 8 2010, 11:51 AM']Use Vaseline on the extender's contact points and put a wee bit of pencil lead dust in the nut groove for dry lubrication. [/quote] :brow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks for your help, guys. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='860866' date='Jun 8 2010, 12:11 PM']:brow:[/quote] I honestly didn't see that 'til now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='860933' date='Jun 8 2010, 01:05 PM']I honestly didn't see that 'til now. [/quote] Neither did I. I shall have to '[i]Service'[/i] my Hipshots in the same manner!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 [quote name='silddx' post='860929' date='Jun 8 2010, 01:02 PM']Thanks for your help, guys. Cheers.[/quote] Smut aside (for once in my life), if you have nut-related tuning issues with the Xtender, follow Dave's sage advice: Tune the E-string slightly flat, flick down then up again, and you're set. Also, this feels strangely appropriate to this thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Silddx, Oddly I just bought a load of kit from HD and they were spot on! Included in that were 3 D-tuners that are all now fitted. I had to strip mine and put the correct design key in as I wanted to keep the PRS ears in them (dead easy to do) and I did rebuild mine with Lithium greas but onlybecause I have it. Vaseline will work just as well but only use tiny amounts and it will befine.... Enjoy, these are great bits of kit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 [quote name='The Burpster' post='862399' date='Jun 9 2010, 05:41 PM']Silddx, Oddly I just bought a load of kit from HD and they were spot on! Included in that were 3 D-tuners that are all now fitted. I had to strip mine and put the correct design key in as I wanted to keep the PRS ears in them (dead easy to do) and I did rebuild mine with Lithium greas but onlybecause I have it. Vaseline will work just as well but only use tiny amounts and it will befine.... Enjoy, these are great bits of kit![/quote] Brilliant, thanks for this. I fitted it last night and I'll properly install it tomorrow. Really looking forward to it, it will make my life on stage much easier. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 It's on! It's wickid! Thanks for your help, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 [quote name='silddx' post='867028' date='Jun 14 2010, 02:07 PM']It's on! It's wickid! Thanks for your help, guys.[/quote] Excellent. They're fantastic! Hipshot are pretty good customer service-wise. After about 10 or 11 years the D-Tuner on my Aria had worn badly, the contact point on the leave had worn down by about 5mm. I emailed Hipshot and asked how much a new lever was. They just said to supply my address and they'd pop a new one in the post to me for nothing. It arrived within a few days too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I love Hipshot for tuners, put them on anything I can. As with the D-tuner, it's amazing it works so well. If you find it doesn't quite go back to E from D, and they usually do, jus give the string a little tug away from the fingerboard when you put it back in, but if your strings are well stretched, shouldnt be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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