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Posted by Bluesheart on April 11, 2013 at 4:42pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I thought I would post this were too for a broader perspective to sorry for any duplication.

OK, so I got my Pahoehoe strings and standard (electric I guess)  bass tuners today. At least two members here assured me that those kind of tuners would work with those strings ( I was unable to find a picture that verified that). Now that I have them in hand I see no way that those strings are going to work with those tuners without some major modification. Did I just miss something  or did you guys send me up the wrong street? The slots in the tuners are about 1/8" and the low E string is about 1/4" diameter. I understand they are going to stretch , but will it stretch enough to slip into that slot?? I don't see it happening. Help please??

Thank you.

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  • Bluesheart April 12, 2013 at 4:29pm

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  • Bluesheart April 11, 2013 at 7:28pm

    OK, hey thank you for the pics and tips! I've also read of people making sleeves to go over the shafts (uh oh!) or somehow using zip ties, I guess to hold the strings to the outside of the shaft?

  • Thorsten Hinrichsen April 11, 2013 at 5:06pm

    I started out with standard tuners and it worked, but not very well. It depends on the shape of the tuners. If they have a wider top end of the shaft, they will probably work well.

    Meanwhile I use ashbory tuners which work a lot better.

    Here version 1 with Warwick tuners:

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    Here version 2 with Ashbory tuners:

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