This is what I would call an essential upgrade on any Bass with traditional F style elephant ear Tuners.
Unfortunately the standard kits units are not made of strong enough material for occasional use let alone regular use or gigging. From my experience I found that they were not smooth to use and tended to grab and stick when bringing a string up to pitch, and when I decided to upgrade also discovered some of the chrome plating coming off after minimal use.
The following pics were taken in March 2017 and relate to my Red J Bass.
In the second pic you can see the Real Parts tuner on the right which shows a more solid gear and enclosed shaft. 4th shot shots where chrome had started to strip off on one of the standard kit tuners, and 5th pic shows fully sealed Real Parts on the right compared to gear shaft covered by bit of plastic on the left.
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