I'd like to swap out the tuners on my Resonator with some All-Chrome (including buttons) open-geared tuners. Who makes decent ones? (I don't want to pay for "great" ones )
I have Hipshot Ultralites on my bass, and Owen uses them on his UBasses IIRC, and these seems to be the guitar versions. I haven't weighed them, nor am I going to, doesn't matter - in this case it's function over form for me, BUT, I like them, so works both ways. . . not the silver ones though.
Once my Gotoh's & Grover's are gone, I don't think I'll be replacing them, unless the Hipshot ratio starts to drive my clients nuts, BUT, they feel very close to the action of a set of Gilbert's, at a fraction of the cost, so what's 4 more turns?
Aaron: Thanks for the tips on the Hipshots. Mine arrived today and they are very nice. And in case anyone cares, they weigh the same as and are almost exactly the same size as the Gotoh SG381 enclosed tuners that Hana Lima sells. Two sets of six are $120 on eBay, so that works out to $40 per set.