Grover Bass Tuners on EBay

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:25 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=7332136886&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:22 pm

They might come in right handy !!!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:34 pm

I bid up to $44.00, I'm out

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:44 pm

I'm in...I need 'em for my '72 remodeling project...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:16 am

So far that's a good deal, I've seen them go way higher than 56.00.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:25 am

Wavy Grovers. Not to be confused with Wavy Gravy.

;^)

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:44 am

A long way to go on these in all probability...

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:06 am

I "stole" the name Wavy Gravy for my in-house radio show( it was piped to all of the same speakers as the 1MC(pa system for lack of better description!) on the Navy ship I was on. I had the prized 4-8pm show! Lotsa rock!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:01 am

aren't those grovers famous for falling apart and going out of tune???

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:02 am

spesking of tuners ... I hate those old nickel backwards tuners ... they look like **** and turn the wrong way ...

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:10 am

we're supposed to tune these things???

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:18 am

I like reverse tuners and Grovers are ok although they are famous for the backs falling off.

rhampshire · Post by **rhampshire** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:57 am

It's super easy to re-swedge the pins, though.

Once you do that, they're super smooth. I love 'em!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:00 am

Rob...could you elaborate? I'm not hip to what the term 'swedging' refers to, let alone 're-swedging'...I'm currently experiencing the famous quality Bob mentioned with one of my '74 4001's Grovers...

At this point in my musical career I could use all the super smoothness I can get...

rhampshire · Post by **rhampshire** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:32 am

First, take the tuner off of the headstock and put it on something REAL solid - vice, anvil, reinforced workbench, etc... "Swedging" is the process of mushrooming out the end of a pin using a punch. Looking at the back of the tuner, you can see there are four pins that go through the back cover. The ends of the pins need to be swedged, that's what holds the thing together. Problem is, grover didn't hit 'em hard enough in the first place. I use a simple center punch with a 45 degree point and a 16 oz hammer. You gotta hammer the **** out of the pins, but it works, and works well...