Bass guitar tuners by nature are large and get the job done they’re supposed to do. But is periodic maintenance required that would involve lubrication?<\/p>\n
Answer: It shouldn’t be required as long as the tuner is good (such as Hipshot<\/a> as shown above,) and the tension is set up to your preference.<\/p>\n Some see bass guitar tuners with exposed gears and think, “that must be bad.” It isn’t bad simply for the reason a bass tuner gear is large. While smaller gears can get gummed up easily, larger gears with larger teeth can be cleaned out easily.<\/p>\n The larger exposed bass gear can usually have any gunk removed simply by blowing it out with compressed air. On your next string change, grab an air compressor or a can of compressed air, turn the gear through a full revolution or two and just blow out any gunk you see in there, if any.<\/p>\n To note, you should not<\/strong> have to lubricate the tuner gear. But if you feel you have to, there are pretty much only two instances where it might be necessary.<\/p>\n Scenario 1: On a brand new gear that hasn’t been broken in yet (and the vast majority of the time, you should not have to lubricate a new gear.)<\/p>\n Scenario 2: On a really old gear that hasn’t been used in a long time.<\/p>\n In both scenarios, the best stuff to use is a very light application of Vaseline.<\/p>\n Why Vaseline? <\/p>\n The first reason is because it’s clear and will not stain a headstock. <\/p>\n The second reason is that excess can be wiped off easily, again without wood damage. <\/p>\n The third reason is that you can actually load Vaseline into a syringe and use that as a miniature grease gun of sorts. While it may sound odd to do that, it does allow for a much more precise application, and it’s certainly better than using a cotton swab (which by the way leaves little tiny cotton fibers in the gear that aren’t easy to get out.)<\/p>\n You should not have to lubricate a bass tuner gear. But if you feel that you should, now you know how.<\/p>\n On a final note, lubricated bass gears do not necessarily increase tuning stability. If you have a gear that is slipping where your string goes out-of-tune often enough to where it annoys you, lubrication doesn’t fix that. For string slip issues, the fix is a replacement set of quality tuners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bass guitar tuners by nature are large and get the job done they’re supposed to do. But is periodic maintenance required that would involve lubrication? Answer: It shouldn’t be required as long as the tuner is good (such as Hipshot as shown above,) and the tension is set up to your preference. An exposed gear … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7183,"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\/7184"}],"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=7184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}An exposed gear is not a bad thing on a bass tuner<\/h3>\n
When would one lubricate a bass tuner gear (if ever)?<\/h3>\n