Bass Machines

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Many basses especially Italian were made with less than desirable gears for modern use. Some may have been made with Cello type pegs or some other kind of tuning design in between.

Are there any basses left around that still have cello style pegs? Would they even work on a modern bass?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson

Are there any basses left around that still have cello style pegs? Would they even work on a modern bass?

None in use that I have seen. Maybe somewhere in a Museum somewhere that was never yet modified. I for sure would never want to have to play a Bass with cello pegs. Sounds like a huge problem to tune and stay in tune.

[Adam Linz]

Does anyone know if Rubner Tuners are distributed in the US? I've only seen a few of there higher end tuners on basses here in the states. I've tried to order and email them several times with no luck. Seems that everything on the web-site is not in stock, at least the French Rustic Tuners. Thanks for any help. Adam Linz, MN

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Adam Linz

Does anyone know if Rubner Tuners are distributed in the US? I've only seen a few of there higher end tuners on basses here in the states. I've tried to order and email them several times with no luck. Seems that everything on the web-site is not in stock, at least the French Rustic Tuners. Thanks for any help. Adam Linz, MN

I know they were in the recent past; I have them on my bass and my friend (who I goth them from) has some more sets left, I think. I'll ask where he was getting them from.

[Vince Jesse]

Rubner tuners are distributed through Metropolitan, Howard Core, International Violin, Nova, etc.

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

None in use that I have seen. Maybe somewhere in a Museum somewhere that was never yet modified. I for sure would never want to have to play a Bass with cello pegs. Sounds like a huge problem to tune and stay in tune.

Yes, un-modified is what I meant.

I don't think it'd be much fun either; it seems like they might not even be functional with steel strings, but I'm not really sure. Might be interesting and more tolerable on some kind of small chamber instrument with gut strings I guess.


No particular reason to not use gears though, other than just because