{"id":7210,"date":"2015-05-06T09:47:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2015-05-10T23:59:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T04:59:02","slug":"an-example-of-original-lollypop-shape-key-tuners-1966-fender-jazz-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/hardware\/tuner\/an-example-of-original-lollypop-shape-key-tuners-1966-fender-jazz-bass.html","title":{"rendered":"An example of original &quot;lollypop&quot; shape key tuners &#8211; 1966 Fender Jazz Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you have already noticed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/hipshot-tuners.htm\">we now carry Hipshot lollypop key tuners<\/a>. Where is an instance of where this appeared back in days of old? The 1966 Fender Jazz Bass.<\/p>\n<p>The video below shows an original &#8217;66 Jazz with the lollypop keys on it; this key shape is definitely not something new, but rather something that was brought <em>back<\/em> that is available for you to get right now.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kO2LRWtbmXM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do lollypop key tuners perform any better than clover or Y key shapes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. The lollypop is just a different shape. From an ergonomic point of view, most players find the Y key (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/hipshot-ultralight-tuners.htm\">like the Ultralights<\/a>) to feel the most comfortable and natural when tuning.<\/p>\n<p>However, for those of you that wondered where the lollypop shape was used prominently, the Jazz Bass did offer them at one point. Everyone is used to seeing clover shape keys on Jazzes, but you can put on a set of lollypop keys for something cool and different.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you thinking, &#8220;I don&#8217;t see the lollypop keys in the video,&#8221; Here&#8217;s a better photo of it:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"6_cbffd9f7-8555-4475-bd6b-c2e11c34b773_grande\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"6_cbffd9f7-8555-4475-bd6b-c2e11c34b773_grande\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/6_cbffd9f7-8555-4475-bd6b-c2e11c34b773_grande.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you have already noticed that we now carry Hipshot lollypop key tuners. Where is an instance of where this appeared back in days of old? The 1966 Fender Jazz Bass. The video below shows an original &#8217;66 Jazz with the lollypop keys on it; this key shape is definitely not something new, but &#8230; <a title=\"An example of original &quot;lollypop&quot; shape key tuners &#8211; 1966 Fender Jazz Bass\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/hardware\/tuner\/an-example-of-original-lollypop-shape-key-tuners-1966-fender-jazz-bass.html\" aria-label=\"More on An example of original &quot;lollypop&quot; shape key tuners &#8211; 1966 Fender Jazz Bass\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}