Hipshot Tuners

JimmyJazz

I was lookin into these babies a while back and kinda got sidetracked.
Anyone ever used them?
Any good??

http://www.thomann.de/ie/hipshot.html

Doctor J

Which ones do you mean, the drop tuners or the ultralites or wha?

FWIW I have the Ultralites on a couple of basses and they're light and they stay in tune, which is what it says on the pack, I suppose

There are plenty of folks using the drop tuners, they seem reliable enough. Just make sure you get the right one so you don't have to add holes to your guitar.

JimmyJazz

I was lookin into putting them on an acoustic guitar - to set up some alternative tunings for gigs n stuff. I haven't really spec-ed the exact ones yet but think it might be a good solution for quick tuning changes.

Theres fe*k all on the net about them(user reviews etc) as far as I can see.

How'd ye mean light?

Doctor J

Weight.

If you're looking at the ones with the lever, they're only going to fit on your E strings if the headstock is 3x3. There wouldn't be enough room for the mechanism to operate anywhere else.

JimmyJazz

Ah... I see.

Balls to it anyway - I was thinking that'd be the case alright about the Es - not ideal from a tuning point of view... Hmmm... Processing...

Patricide

used the drop tuning ones, very good, stays in tune..... both times

NeMiSiS

What exactly do they do ?
TK

JimmyJazz

They allow you to alter the tuning on individual strings by moving the lever from open to closed...

Useful for fruity tunings... Well that's the plan anyway!!

Doctor J

They've been pretty popular on basses for about 15 years or so. You can set the lever to detune the string by a preset amount when you unlock it. Usually folks would use it to go from standard to dropped tuning, E to D or similar.

NeMiSiS

I see.. One might be looking into them so!
Thanks