D-Tuner?

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Author Message lo_bass New Username: lo_bass Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2009 Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 7:09 pm:    Has anybody of you any experience of installing a D-Tuner on an Alembic Series I signature (MK standard). I have bought an Hipshot D-Tuner (Gotoh GTB7)but this one willnot fit (the end were you wire the string on is too short.. also you have to drill the hole in the head from 12 to 14mm before the base part will fit)?? fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 868 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 3:01 am:    Do you have the right D-tuner? For Alembic you need either the Gotoh or the Schaller version, no need to drill holes or anything... The shaft gets shorter, especially on newer Alembics (see pics), the headstock is a bit thicker on those. On my '90 Elan there's little space to put your string, but it is just enough. On the pic you see the string that was on there before I installed the Hipshot, with the new strings I'll cut the E string a little shorter. '83 Spoiler: (Schaller) *NOTE: I refinished this bass myself, the sloppy border between the clear coat and the black finish (on the side of the headstock) is not the Alembic standard. ;-) '90 Elan: (Gotoh) (Message edited by fc_spoiler on April 30, 2009) rowka Junior Username: rowka Post Number: 23 Registered: 8-2008 Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 1:40 pm:    Is the Spoiler 32" If so, how are you finding it when dropped to D? fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 870 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 2:16 pm:    Yep, sound mighty heavy. I have another Spoiler tuned ADGC, sounds mighty heavier :-) I'll post a sound clip in the showcase section asap, we've been to a studio and I recorded "Sad but true" (Metallica song) with the ADGC tuned Spoiler. rowka Junior Username: rowka Post Number: 24 Registered: 8-2008 Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 2:37 pm:    I'm assuming ADGC means low BEAD dropped a whole step, not tenor tuning? fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 871 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 2:51 pm:    Correctly ;-) I use R.Cocco strings, 50-110 for E/DADG and 65-130 for ADGC. I did have to raise the action on the ADGC Spoiler a bit, but it's still more than reasonable and sounds extremely tight. Here's a clip (bad quality) on youtube: Sad but true rowka Junior Username: rowka Post Number: 25 Registered: 8-2008 Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 2:59 pm:    I've got a Knuckle Guitar Works (an individual bass builder in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) Quake. It's got a 39.5" scale length. I have it tuned EADGC, but an octave lower than normal. That makes that E ring about 20Hz ;-) Sorry, I don't have a recording of that. Here is his web page. http://www.knuckleguitarworks.com/what/quake.html My bass is the red one on the first page. (Message edited by rowka on April 30, 2009)