Talked about MUCH less is completely bypassing all the pots. P/U's are wired straight to the jack...

Reverse tuners are simply regular tuners with knobs (not the string posts) turning in reverse direction. Fender used these a long time ago, and vintage bass nuts and those who want a historically correct reissue love them but to anyone else they don't offer anything extra.

The "reverse tuner" thing came from the original Kluson tuners Fender used to use back in the beginning.

If I recall correctly, the gears were originally machined so the tuner would turn clockwise when tightening the string... which makes perfect logical sense (to me, anyway)... but righties apparently felt it was uncomfortable to turn the peg that way to tighten, so they switched to a reverse thread, therefore screwing us... as usual.

My Fender Custom Shop '64 NOS Jazz Bass has Kluson "Reverse Tuners" on it, but they actually work perfectly on my bass since it's a lefty.

The "reverse tuner" thing came from the original Kluson tuners Fender used to use back in the beginning.

If I recall correctly, the gears were originally machined so the tuner would turn clockwise when tightening the string... which makes perfect logical sense (to me, anyway)... but righties apparently felt it was uncomfortable to turn the peg that way to tighten, so they switched to a reverse thread, therefore screwing us... as usual.

My Fender Custom Shop '64 NOS Jazz Bass has Kluson "Reverse Tuners" on it, but they actually work perfectly on my bass since it's a lefty.

Lefty bassist with 4-string Jazz bass strapped on... headstock is pointing out from right sight of the body....tuner shafts/heads are on top of headstock.....you want to tighten/sharp a string.....some tuners require clockwise turning, some require counter-clockwise....

I've never seen an instrument in which the tuners can't do both. in most stringed instruments (that includes my charango and my violin)
what matters is how you turn it when you first insert the string. the thing can spin both ways either way you spin it will tighten a string.
but you live and you learn.

So, any of you have an overlapping fingerboard?

Like this?....I dig it, got mine from Warmoth...As ya know the highest fret on a standard bass is Eb, that kinda sucks, this one has one extra fret, going to E.

Yeah, like that. I had to count the frets though as that overhead angle doesn't make it obvious.

Was the extra fret a feature you wanted and that's why you got it that way?

Yeah, like that. I had to count the frets though as that overhead angle doesn't make it obvious.

Was the extra fret a feature you wanted and that's why you got it that way?