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SX Vintage Style Bass Tuning Machines - made by Dr Parts
These are 4 chrome tuners, 4 bushings, and 16 screws
removed from a new SX bass, which is ODD because they look more like a set from a Fender MIM bass. The tuners below are what is offered at Rondo.
These are new at Rondo: 22:1 gear ratio |
Don't listen to those that say SX tuners suck~!
You do not need to "upgrade", or use another brand, just because you may have a tuning key or two that are loose and wiggle when the string is unloaded, or if the bass goes out of tune too often. Save your money for things that do need upgrading, like control pots and fret jobs, but that's another story.
If you're thinking about a different brand, there are a number of reasons not to. SX vintage style bass tuners are better than most other name brands. The down-side is they're harder to come by unless you buy the whole bass guitar.
Note: SX tuners may not all be the same screw hole patterns. In my experience I once tried to swap out a chrome set for a black set but the screw holes didn't line up even though the base plate was the same. This must be another conspiracy to get you to buy more parts (whole basses). |
The No.1 reason for keeping them is so you don't have to shell out more money and have to drill out new screw holes~!
SX tuners have teflon under their pressure plate to rub against the tuner key screw instead of just metal-to-metal like many other brands, and this is the area you can adjust to tighten the keys that'll allow you to keep your tuners.
First put some tape on the tuner so you don't damage the chrome. Then take a pair of channel-lock pliers (regular pliers won't work well enough) and squeeze on each side of the pressure plate. I know, the pictures show that I don't have tape on them but I made this tutorial just to show you where to place the channel-lock pliers. I wasn't squeezing them here.
Notice how the channel-lock pliers are touching the pressure plate and NOT the tuner chrome. That's the way you want to start to squeeze. Squeeze semi-hard; not too hard but just hard enough so you know you're moving the pressure plate.
That's it. Do that to each loose tuner key and you'll have created enough drag on the shaft to allow your bass to stay in tune a lot longer. Sure, you'll still go out of tune, but, at least now it'll only be due to temperature reactions.
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