@weedhopper - after all those interesting discussions: what did you decide?
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. What is so 6200 $ great about the YIN YANG?
$13.5K its so fun being Canadian sometimes ā¦ NOT!!
How much will it be to have someone change out the tuners on a Z3? Wondering if it is just as cost effective to go with the Z7. (I understand that the Z7 has better tuners).
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NOTā¦for so many reasons. I am looking for a new country.
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Itās very easy and can be done by yourself.
Iām sure somebody here can tell you which ones are a 100% fitā¦
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@weedhopper could consider selling his entire collection and purchasing a SIRE Z. He will be probably ahead $ wise and make wife happy.
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Thatās a very nuclear option! And selling takes time (sometimes) and is unnerving (almost always).
If he is happy with some of his basses - why change it?
I donāt know the Sterling SubRay 4 from experience, but I heared good things.
And again: the Harley Benton Enhanced 25th has an excellent reputation ā¦ and it is a bass that can be upgraded easily to something next level.
I would upgrade it with an EMG P pickup and and EMG active MMTW humbucker (that should fit, does it?) as well as some new tuners.
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Thanks for the video. Lobster Lady did another great video.
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Itās really easy to do.
Probably I would not be so relaxed as she is when drilling.
Itās better to have the bass horizontal, firmly placed on a table or something.
And if I remember correctly, you need a 1.5-2mm drill bits for the tuner screws. Donāt use a huge drill - itās hard to be precise and straight.
There are adapters for cordless screwdriver - you can use that.
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You are right. I have been known to be Nuclear at times. However, I did not get the impression that he was truly happy with any of the basses and all of them were a toss up for him. It is a suggestion for his consideration.
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I played some premium basses before own many the Fodera Yin Yang is in a class of its own. My biggest impression of the bass is the generous spacing on such a fast neck. The combination of 1.5ā nutwidth and compound radius of 9-18ā feels so good.
What separates between the bass is not the tone but how it feels and this feels very very good. The last SoCal BassBuzz meet up was at my restaurant and I played the 3 Fodera for the first time. I was thoroughly impressed.
Hereās @JerryP playing
And me
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An honest guitar tech would probably charge somewhere around $60 to swap out tuners on a Z3, because itās not a tough job to do. Of course, there are others who would likely charge more, if they could talk a newbie player into it.
It pays to be patient and conscientious when shopping around for a luthier or good guitar tech.
I had a tech swap out the tuners on my Sire U5 before I started B2B. The cost was negligible but the convenience and peace of mind of having time saved and the work done right were priceless to me.
Also, Lobster has been around and modding basses for many years. But modding is definitely not for everyone, especially for those without the free time and/or desire to take it on.
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That was awesome. I watched you playing the YIN YANG. You are talented. You ROCK.
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Mike is right - if you feel uncomfortable drilling a hole in your bass: donāt do it!
In this case itās not complicated, but it takes some verve if you have never done it before.
I remember the first hole I drilled in a bass very vividly. Now I have to laugh about it, but at the time I felt I would surely destroy it and the bass Gods would annihilate me with fire and thunder 
It was a start of a great adventure in the realm of modding, which is a cool hobby by itself.
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That bass was beautiful to play.
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This is when everyone should own a cheap and cheerful bass as a practice mod platform. Doing maintenance on the bass is not complicated but it requires some learning curve, simply because you donāt know what you donāt know. Most mistakes made usually made once so having a test bass is a great idea.
Iām more lucky than most because I made a boat load of mistakes some more than once certain what not to do are now muscle memory.
I have my fair share of tuners swap and the only mistake you can make when itās not a direct replacement, is not drilling a pilot holes. The screws are so small and can be fragile, if you force a new hole while fasten the screw the head can snap off then you are left with a formidable mess, and steps to remove that stuck screw shaft is not fun, donāt ask me how I know, 
So get yourself a use PJ bass and learn how to make adjustment, setup and parts swap. Once you did it, itās really a piece of cake.
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I can confirm
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Yeah, find a $50 bass get buy $50 worth of imports parts for $100 youāll get more than $1000 worth of education and $10,000 worth of confidence.
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