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If I'm not mistaken, this is a pretty good price.
Old Grover tuners
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Old Grover tuners
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Whoa! thats some expensive junk there!
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They were fine keys when they operated but when Richard Berger moved Grover's production to Taiwan, the pins in each corner that held the back cover on were not swedged properly. As a result these keys tended to spontaneously explode as the covers popped off.
Fortunately, assuming all the parts are present, these were easily repaired by re-swedging the corners against a vise with a punch and/or adding a drop of superglue on the pin.
These were the last Grover brand keys that Rickenbacker used (except for a short couple of week period when other keys weren't available from Schaller).
Fortunately, assuming all the parts are present, these were easily repaired by re-swedging the corners against a vise with a punch and/or adding a drop of superglue on the pin.
These were the last Grover brand keys that Rickenbacker used (except for a short couple of week period when other keys weren't available from Schaller).
Yeah that was a decent deal, I've seen them sell for less though, after I bought mine of course. But those look like nice ones.
Hey post # 1000 for the second time, now I have to get back to 2000 posts, hahah! Was worth it to get rid of bobampeg though, I was a marked man every time an amp discussion came up. I also had about 100 posts as Robert D Young Jr. but a little too formal for me. I should be neck and neck with Jeff but he cheats, he posts blank posts.
Hey post # 1000 for the second time, now I have to get back to 2000 posts, hahah! Was worth it to get rid of bobampeg though, I was a marked man every time an amp discussion came up. I also had about 100 posts as Robert D Young Jr. but a little too formal for me. I should be neck and neck with Jeff but he cheats, he posts blank posts.
I had to repair the grovers on my 73 (now sold) all of them were splitting and using a punch could be fixed. One however was actually apart and the punch was no good, i had to fix it my welding it together. Once repaired they had a nasty habit of slipping too.
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I,ve got a good set of my 73 FL but that has very low mileage on it...You can see, rather feel, how with plenty of use they get to that slipping stage. It seems a common problem, similar to the old Klusons too.
I was going to buy a set for my 72, but seeing as they have this tendency and it,s not an all original bass anyway, I too am going down the Hipshot highway.
I was going to buy a set for my 72, but seeing as they have this tendency and it,s not an all original bass anyway, I too am going down the Hipshot highway.
I think you'll find that in most cases the slippage is caused by the cover being a bit loose, the swedging still holding but not tight enough to keep the cover, which aligns the worm gear, from moving slightly.
The gear cut on these is actually pretty good although I've not done a detailed examination of US vs. Taiwan made keys to see if they were consistent.
The gear cut on these is actually pretty good although I've not done a detailed examination of US vs. Taiwan made keys to see if they were consistent.