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Ive got a brand new corvette std 6 and the tuning keys seem to have some play in them. I was just tuning the bass last night and felt it shift very slightly as I was tuning it. The bass stays in tune it just concerns me that they are able to move around from side to side like that. This just doesnt seem normal to me. After looking a little more closely it seems every key does this they dont shift much but its enough that it bothers me. Is there anyway to tighten these up. It isnt really a problem now I just dont want it to become bigger issue later.
 
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I actually contacted the dealer I purchased the bass through and Im gonna try and tighten them up tonight and if that doesnt help Im gonna contact them back and try and get some new ones shipped out to me.
 
there probly just loose.slack the strings and tighten the nuts on the tunners.Just be easy with it as you can strip the tunner bushing/nut.then tighten the small wood screw on the back of the tunner.The screw in the button is used to adjust the tension of the tunner,how hard it's to turn the tunner.Hope this helps.
 
Hi, On my 1992 5 string pro-line, my A tuner is hard to turn. The manual doesn't mention any adjustment. James, above, said "The screw in the button is used to adjust the tension of the tunner,how hard it's to turn the tunner." Is that the screw in the end of the part that you actually turn while tuning? I've tried backing that screw out some but it didn't seem to help much. Maybe I need a new tuner. Any suggestions?
 
Hey Murray, welcome to the forum. I remember I had a Corvette Proline from 1995, and the D key was hard to turn. And IIRC, nothing worked...
You could try adjusting that little screw though, and tell us how it gows.
 
The tunner post has a gear on the back under the cover,the post where the button is mounted has a worm gear on it.When you tighten or loosen the screw it shifts the worm gear, to loose or to tight and the tunner will be hard to turn.You want the worm gear centered on the gear from the tunner post.I know you can't see it with a sealed tunner.But if you look at a open tunner like a hipshot,you can see how the tunner works better.I hope this helps.But like florin said sometimes nothing works.
 
Thanks for the help James Brunnning and Florin. I thought that backing out that screw (counter clock-wise) would make it easier to trun the tuner. Thanks to James explanation I tried tightening the screw (clock-wise) and it now turns easy as it should. Thanks again
 
Hey, Im new to the forum and i have a simular question. I bought my Corvette STD 6 back in '07 and the white plastic ring arround the tunning peg cracked on me when i just put on a new set of strings. Oddly, since it was the tunner set for the d string, it popped (quite literally) when i had it tunned to a tension regestering arround the pitch Ab, a considerablely less strenious tension then it should be.

Nonetheless, the question is whether there is any possibility that these tunners have a warrenty that i still quallify for. Also, where would be the best place to purchase one of these, because bying it online from the warwaick store would cost a terrible amount in shipping to the US.

Thank you for any information and advice you might be able to offer to me. This is the first mechanical, or electronic problem for that matter, that i have encountered with this bass and hopefully this problem can be fixed soon, because is my main bass and im a Bass major at a university and the semester starts soon...
 
Hey man & welcome.
Your bass will be out of it's one year warranty period unfortunatly.
You can buy a new tuner from any Warwick dealer,they're pretty cheap too.
 
Welcome to the forum man,
You can buy Gotoh tuners as well.
 
Grover makes a nice tuner that looks like a older warwick one.And hipshot has a open gear ultralight thats real nice.If your talking about the washer under the tuner button you can buy a cheap tuner and swap over the parts.That's what I did on one of my basses.
 
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