Ultralite Clovers on a T-Bird

[bassvirtuoso]

I remember someone around here or the Pit once put Hipshot Ultralite Clovers on their T-bird to replace the GB-7 Y keys. Does anyone remember how that worked out? I thought I remembered them saying that the tuners had to be angled slightly because the clovers were a little wider than the Y's.

[MikeyB5]

I believe it was drbassman or Tbird 1958 were the guys that did that and it worked out OK.

[rockinrayduke]

That was me. I had a black T-Bird and replaced the stock tuners with black Ultralites. The E tuner had to be adjusted slightly askew to keep it from bumping the A tuner. You couldn't tell that much unless you knew about it or sat and studied it.

[bassvirtuoso]

Ray, did that involve any extra drilling on headstock?

[rockinrayduke]

Don't remember if it was extra drilling or not, had my guy do it. Leaves a hole showing, though it's not that bad. I have a pic but only from the front sorry.....

[bassvirtuoso]

Looks good to me! No problem on the picture, just trying to get an idea. Thanks Ray!

[drbassman]

Ditto what Ray said.

[TBird1958]

Mine were black at first......................


But..........I like CHROME so much better 

[bassvirtuoso]

Looking good gentlemen, and lady  . I'm looking into getting a Natural Thunderbird, and I was trying to decide black or chrome. Since I have a chrome fetish, I might end up with the chrome ones and get a Hipshot Supertone in chrome too. Any ideas on black or chrome? I hope Uwe isn't reading this...

[rockinrayduke]

I'd always choose chrome. Watch the skies for the Luftwaffe!

[bassvirtuoso]

Yeah, the Luftwaffe protect the Schwarz Donnervogels don't they?

[TBird1958]

 Vorschict!

Ze chrome gestapo!

[uwe]

No, chrome Flak:

[Chris P.]

I think Flak (Which of course is an abbreviation (do I write that right?) is one of the more famous German words, used for ground to air fire internationally.

Uwe: FlugzegAbwehrKanone, basically "anti-aircraft-gun".

[TBird1958]

This is more like it..................


D-Day stripes and a checkerboard cowl..............Now I know where Rick Nielson got his fashion inspiration.