Bass extender key?

[Annoying Twit]

Flick a lever and instantly drop tune your bass?

 

Does this work? With tuning remaining stable?

 

 

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[Renfield]

Yes they do. Amazing devices.

 

EDIT: It's late in the day and I can't youtube from work very often. Do a youtube search for Michael Manring. He has a video shot in a living room where he plays a tune on his Hyper Bass which has one on each string. Amazing.

[Ender_rpm]

I have one on each bass. Fantastic device if you do a lot of modern rock covers. Tuning is just as stable as the OEM tuners (MIJJ Fender and MIA G&L), and the hardware quality is top notch.

[One Bad Monkey]

 

Flick a lever and instantly drop tune your bass? Does this work? With tuning remaining stable?

 

 

I haven't owned a four string without one since '95. As for tuning remaining stable, for the most part yes. On occasion when utilizing it a lot during a show, the E string tends to start riding a bit sharp. Not a really big deal, as long as you know about it (and have spots where you can quickly fine-tune if need be).

[Mytola]

Yes, they work. The Yamaha Attitude I had a while ago came with one stock, and I've been addicted to them ever since. No bass is complete without one for me.

[dogman]

Have one on my MM Sterling and also on both of my '78 Jazz basses, they are great. As long as you understand how to use them correctly, they work really well.

[Annoying Twit]

Thanks for the answers. I just tried tuning my B string down to A again. And as before, it's just too loose and rattles too much. But these extender keys are definitely an interesting concept.

[FloydianAnimal]

 

Thanks for the answers. I just tried tuning my B string down to A again. And as before, it's just too loose and rattles too much. But these extender keys are definitely an interesting concept.

 

 

I don't know if it's meant to go that low. I think they are meant for the range of low C to E, but maybe I'm wrong. Also, here's that Manring video Renfield mentioned;

 

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[xbassman]

 

 

 

Wow that's awesome! thanks for posting that!

I've never heard Manring before.

[eric.chambers]

 

Wow! That was really interesting. I wouldn't have ever thought of using them in that way.

[Bassius]

theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyy'rrrrreeeeeee GRRRRREAT!

[fingeringam]

Thanks for the answers. I just tried tuning my B string down to A again. And as before, it's just too loose and rattles too much. But these extender keys are definitely an interesting concept.

 

well there not really meant for that, i mean im sure they can, but its not going to tighten low strings, but rather make tuning from E to D or C or whatever easier (with the flick of a switch actually)

[Ender_rpm]

It would probably lower your B to A, but it doesn't change scale length or anything. You'd probably get better results with a thicker gauge low sting.

[Annoying Twit]

 

It would probably lower your B to A, but it doesn't change scale length or anything. You'd probably get better results with a thicker gauge low sting.

 

 

For the meantime, the low B is low enough. Though [1] I'm very pleased that I bought a 5'er not a 4'er, and [2] I feel a gnawing desire to get to that low A some day. More or less "because it's there".

[ToeJamFootball]

I feel a gnawing desire to get to that low A some day. More or less "because it's there".

It's fun man, I play BTB556 Tuned ADADGC The low A is killer, and sounds huge, with the 35" scale.

[guitargod0dmw]

It'll work fine for tuning from low B to low A...you just need to set it up for it. As mentioned, the A might be kinda floppy though...

 

I use an extender on my 5er to tune the low B up to a D, so I can effectively play in dropped D tuning when needed. My band did have a song that I played it dropped D for the beginning, then switched to standard tuning in the middle on the song...so it worked out perfectly.