What would have been interesting: an explantion of why you made the upgrade, how easy or difficult it was with a before/after playing comparison. What we got: 5 minutes turning a screwdriver...
need some help Thinking about buying the Harley Benton JB-75MN upgrading to the EMG J pickup and doing some frets work on the bass. or would you buy a Fender American Professional II jazz bass?
It appears that the stock machine heads do not use a lock nut on the posts that protrude out of the front face of the headstock like they do on most of my other guitars. Is this the case? I noticed you removed the screws from the back only, and when installing the new machines, you did indeed place a lock nut on the post of said new machine. I noticed this when, during string change and routine maintenance, there are no lock nuts to tighten on any of my other Harley Benton guitar's machine heads, and I'd like to be certain of that. I don't seem to be using the right tags or keywords when I look online. Thanks in advance for your replies, guys. And gals.
You are correct. HB stock tuners are minimalistic and cheap. The case is that I had problem with simple tuning, nothing crazy. If you dont have problem with your HB tuners propably you could stay with them.
I have a question why does my machine head gear break on the stock ones is it because the string are too strong i used 65-130 and if i buy these will it still break or are they good
There are many sites with free music for videos like that. I dont remember where exacly I got this tune, but pixabay has free music, bensound and many others :)
Great way to ruin the neck geometry. When you change the strings, you should remove and change them one by one, to retain tension in the truss rod and the neck. By the way, I have a few HB guitars and basses, and I never had an issue with stock tuners. According to my experience, tuners are the last part which need to be replaced. First are the strings, then pickups, pots and other electronic. Everything else is good enough for every day (non-professional, part-time) usage. And this is, anyway, not an instrument for great venue gigs, or serious commercial recordings.
You arent going to "ruin" a bass neck by loosening all the strings at once. It's a myth. I own a dozen bass guitars that range from budget - professional quality instruments and often remove all the strings when the frets need polished or the fretboard needs attention. As long as I dont change string gauges I rarely even have to intonate one after removing all the strings.
@@mikechecka292 What does that have to do with what I wrote? I have written what I think and know, according to my experiences, and I am not alone in this attitude. When all the strings are removed at once, for example due to polishing or replacing frets, it is generally necessary to check and readjust the truss rod and the geometry of the guitar neck after completion, because the tension in the neck changes, so it is easy to change the geometry of the neck. To avoid this, it is much better to change the strings one by one. And in the end, I will finish when I want to, not when anyone, especially someone this arrogant, tells me to. If you didn't show up with your comment, it would have been the day the comment was posted. Stay well.
Yes, we have established that working on the neck requires re-adjustment. The order or rate at which you take the strings off doesn't matter. Its not going to magically NOT need an adjustment if you take the strings off and replace the tuner one at a time 🤣
