on the bass my wife got at a pawn shop, at the head on the tuning pegs there's a swicth that go's up and down. what is this for , what does this do to the strings. it's a american made fender, she got for 300.00 was that a good price? thanks. also, if looking for bass tabs, try fretplay,. you go through the guitar tabs and just below them are the bass for the songs above. ???
Can you post a picture of the headstock?
A Fender bass with a switch on the headstock? That's a new one on me. ???
Are you sure that it's not a String-tree? Your D and G strings would be placed under that to give you more angle coming off of the nut. Keeps them from 'buzzing'.
If the 'switch' is actually Below the tuners for your top two strings, and doesn't seem to do anything, my bet is that a String-tree is what you are seeing.
If that bass is in good shape, and you like it...Sure, it was worth 300!
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Is it anything like what's in this picture?
http://www.geocities.com/michaelrgoodwin/BB70WP.html
It's not a Fender Bass, but it might be a Hipshot Detuner.
The bass is a fender it says so and it's american made which is cool.but,i havn't seen one like it before, with the swich on the head stock. i don't have a way of sending a picture. my childern are still home and it doesn't look like they leaving anything soon..only kidding about the childern, they are picking out my nursing home. love you guys....i may try out the fender site, and see what happerns..i need to look and see what kind of bass it is , jazz or "p".thanks for your time. oh , 1 more question, has anyone ever heard of raven guitars? i got one a few years ago. it's a 6 string that shape like a hofner beatle bass, but, a really cool green finish,and; i'm not a big fan of green, the reason i'm asking is when i got this , they have a 4 string bass to match it. couldn't afford both. well, if anyone can help me, let me know.. ::)
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I found a website that might help you put a date to the guitar, which in turn might give you more info. mrgearhead.com/faq/guitardater.html
good luck, keep us posted to the outcome of this mystery. Otherwise, I guess DemoEtc might be right, but never heard of anything like that before period. Even with the proof of the picture of that Carvin. Fender seems less experimental.
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The previous owner might've put it on as well. Never know. But if that's what it is, it basically allows you to drop the tuning of that string down one pitch -- from E to D.
