Grover tuners

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:47 pm

I see a lot of them on the older rics. were they ever stock or was it just a thing of the times to change them over to the Grovers?

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:24 pm

The "wavy" Grovers were on 4001 basses from '71 to the early '80s although the Kluson ones were widely used during the mid-'70s~early '80s period.

Some early '80s 4003 basses came with the wavy Grovers too.

Schaller tuners took over entirely in about '82~84, IIRC.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:29 pm

August '73

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:43 pm

ok, define wavy.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:11 pm

Definitely Wavy.

My Dec. '72 Fretless.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:12 pm

and those were stock? cool.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:15 pm

Absolutely stock. Très Cool.

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:19 pm

And there was an earlier version as well, of the same tuner, that had Flat[non wavy] buttons on them.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:38 pm

i must say that i prefer the 'normal' rick tuners, but that's prolly only because it's what i am used to.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:05 pm

I have them on my 72 fretless also, and had them on a 75 4001, both were stock, I like the looks of them.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:07 pm

When I bought my 75 4001 I thought they were replacements and complained to the salesman, haha!

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:23 pm

I like the look of Hipshot Ultralites with their Y key on RICs, but you guys already know that!

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:52 pm

Yes, it's an established given, Jeff.

Here are the 1st-generation non-wavy Grovers Don mentioned, used in '70 and '71 and probably as early as '69.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:08 pm

That pretty much winds things up Paul.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:29 pm

Ah, the history of RIC tuners is a long and winding road that leads me to your door, Peter.