|
I was in the process of installing the Hipshot on every Tele I have. The model I was buying was the B and G with D-drop. At one point I sort of stopped because I was experiencing this sort of pitch drop that our friend J.Hayes mentions ( G drops when you trigger B, and vice versa )and was questioning the move. . Though you can hide it as you play, it sometimes shows. ( I was even wondering if Will Ray uses the B bender only model for that reason. )
I do have a Fender with a Parson-Green and I installed a basic Hipshot on the G, so I'm not in a hurry. But as time passed I found the Hipshot easier to trigger than the PG and therefore more pleasant to play. The Nashville Tele with PG is also heavier.
I was about to shim the neck to settle the problem, as some people suggest, but was afraid to change the sustain of my guitars.
So I'm thankful to Mr. Hayes for his suggestion. I didn't try it yet, but it really makes sense. I had a bit of a feeling about that but couldn't believe the rod could move or bend. So I didn't make any attempt to support it mostly because I believed what I had read about that with shimming and adding tension. But this seems to me a more logical cause for the problem, specially if Hipshot started to put a supporting screw...
The funny thing is that I bought my benders last year, mostly from Hipshot and there doesn't seem to be any stabilizing screws on the rods.
I'm anxious to try that for sure. It would be really fantastic, considering how easy it is to install.
|