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Stealth Bass String Retainer
Description
Stealthy String TensionPrevent string buzz on your bass guitar with a genuine, easy-to-install Fender Stealth Bass String Retainer. This chrome-plated retainer increases the break angle from the tuning key to the nut, providing greater tension, a more secure fit and greater stability. The retainer also replaces the washer on the tuning machine for your B, E or A string, alleviating the need for additional mounting hardware.
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Discussed in String Tree needed, but which one in the TalkBass community
Vinny_G
No extra holes to drill with the Stealth Bass String Retainer by Fender. [link] Otherwise you also have the Hipshot 3-string Retainer, quite large but extremely light, [link] or a generic 3-string retainer that can be found on eBay for cheap, smaller but heavier. [link] ... more
LoveThatBass
Cool, I did not even know that made the first one The second one is easiest to string of the last two btu the third one above takes up the least re-estate on the bass. I believe my favorite to be the third one here ... more
Discussed in Open A String Rattle and Action Issue in the TalkBass community
dwizum
The Stealth string retainer: Stealth Bass String Retainer | Parts There are lots of string retainer options out there but often you can solve it by fooling around with how the string is installed on the post, and then just live with the fact that you have to do that every time you change strings. ... more
Discussed in A String Clack! in the TalkBass community
sawzalot
Is it the A string that is clacking? On some Jazz basses the A string just doesn't have enough of a break angle over the nut. Something like this can help. But honestly, this is one of the reasons that I like listening to Fender Jazz basses vs. playing them. ... more
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