Yes, Sara took care of that right quick!
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Wow. Hipshot stuff is getting kind of scarce. I had to make three different orders to get four Ultralite tuners in the color I wanted.
It might just be the USA Ultralites that are scarce, but the licensed Ultralites are not even something I would consider. Machined aluminum versus cast zinc? Please. That’s a big, big quality difference.
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Yep, I agree. My set was USA for that reason. They cost more, but they’re the real deal. Accept no substituteskys.
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I’d be totally happy to buy the MIK ones if they used the same process to make it, but cast zinc is far lower quality and strength than machined aluminum.
I’m actually not a cast zinc hater, it has its place in a lot of products, but this one’s a no brainer.
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I detest cast stuff or monkey metal as I like to call it on machinery. It’s just impossible to repair and so easy to break/crack
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“pot metal” is a pretty common term for cast stuff like that too.
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Been scarce for quite a while. They’ve had a lot of COVID related issues. They are a super small, super mismanaged company. Add in COVID supply chain and employment issues and the trend to upgrade everything in sight and you have a mess.
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Had to resort to US Ebay for the last two.
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Love the shell pink.
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Seymour Duncan SPB1 installed. Rotosound 77 flats
Sounds good, but the knobs don’t fit the shafts
It’s always something. if it’s not one thing then it’s another
(That’s Roseanne Roseannadana if I remember correctly)
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Not a big fan of the pale blue but I love it in combination with that strap 
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They have two excellent versions of this in Polish:
If it’s not a curse, then it’s the shits.
If it’s not a curse, then it’s the marching Soviets.
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Let us know how you like them over time. I have them on the LTD (came standard) and I’m using GHS Boomers. So far I think they are fine, but I’m not leaning towards spectacular.
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I’ll have to let them break in a bit because they are quite bright, but I like them. They are smooth and have a more balanced tone than LaBellas. I got these in a lighter gauge - 40/60/89/100 - just to ease the tension a bit I think they would sit very well in a mix.
I only put in the SPB1 as I had it, replacing it in the MDB5 with an SPB4, which I really love.
Will do
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I love it actually, it matches quite well my Esquire 
(those are not the two same blue, the Precision is a “sonic blue” I think, whereas my Esquire is “daphne blue”)
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My jazz bass is sonic blue iirc. I love it too. That tele looks sweet
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yeah I like this guitar. that’s an Esquire, because it has no neck pickup 
but otherwise it’s the same thing than a Telecaster.
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Ohh you don’t see that often. I like the neck pickup on a tele.
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You are correct, sir!
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