Cheap Machine Heads on eBay.

[pst62]

Hi all.
[b]Stellah MHB-01 Machine Heads[/b].
I'd urge anyone who may have been thinking of using them as a cheap option on a project to, think again.
I won a set from guitar-warehouse00 in a recent eBay auction, I paid 12 Euros, which worked out at around a kick in the arse off of £10. I thought, not bad for a set of cheapo machine heads. Anyway they arrived and I hoyed them on a Squier Precision and two of them locked up due to the gear cogs going out of sync with the tuning key (See Pic)
Have since bought a set of Wilkinson WJBL200's, which are the doggies dangly bits.

[Ou7shined]

Welcome to the forum.

That's what happens when the the rear of the tuner is nipped down tight while being misaligned with the front bush. It's often best to seat your tuners then tighten them up fully once they've had a wiggle and few turns under tension first.
Oddly enough, I had a set of Wilkinson's do this to me.

[pst62]

Thanks for the welcome I've taken them off, took them apart put them back together, turned them in my hand and they still do it.
Hope you haven't jinxed me Wilko's lol.

[discreet]

Being a committed tightwad I considered the Stellahs but went for the very same Wilkinsons. I can confirm their quality. I believe 'Vintage' use them on a number of their basses. Thanks for the justification -- and the warning!

[pst62]

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I believe 'Vintage' use them on a number of their basses.
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Aye they certainly use them on their Precision model.