Hipshot Ultralight Bass X-Tender & Ultralight tuner - same drilling/mounting hole?

[anyonefortennis]

I got a bass that came from factory with the ultralight bass X-Tender. If I wanted to swap it for a regular USA ultralight, would I need to drill new holes on the back on my headstock to mount it? Or do they use the same hole?

 

[JimmyM]

Put it this way…they can use the same holes, but for me the XTender sits slightly crooked if you use the same holes. I have them on 2 basses, one with USA Ultralights, one with imported Ultralights, and both do it. I’ve been meaning to fix it, but the basses still work fine and nobody ever mentions it so I haven’t bothered.

 

[pingvuiini]

I replaced the cheap grindy stock tuners on my Kala U Bass at first with Gotohs and a Gotoh X-Tender and they all fit without any drilling. Later, I took the Hipshot Ultralights and X-Tender off my main player bass and installed them on the Kala also without any additional drilling even with the open gear design. I was worried initially that there might not be enough real estate on the back of the Kala headstock for the D-Tuners to work, but all the tuners fit perfect and the D-Tuner works great.