An unbalanced instrument due to an unnecessarily heavy headstock not only puts extra strain on your neck and shoulder muscles, it also adversely affects your playing technique. If your hand is constantly propping up your instrument’s neck, you’re not free to play. You are not able to attain the correct finger/fret board relationship so important in smooth, relaxed playing.

Don’t carry the weight of the world on your shoulders! Hipshot have designed the Ultralite Bass Tuning Machines to help lighten your load!

Now you can achieve correct instrument balance while not sacrificing the strength and durability of your tuners.

The following are the weights (in grams) for the Hipshot ULTRALITE Tuners. These weights include the tuner, barrel nut, mounting washer and mounting screw:

Licensed Ultralite Y Key with 9mm String post: 95 grams

They feature

• Sleek and compact, easily installed on the smallest of 4, 5 or 6 string bass headstocks.

• Available with contemporary "Y" shaped keys.

• Lighter yet possesses full size gears and string post.

• Available in matt chrome

This 9mm diameter licensed version fits basses with a headstock hole size of 14.3mm (9/16 inch).