HOW TO CHANGE THE FAULTY TUNING PEG ON YOUR BASS GUITAR EASILY, WITH STEP BY STEP IMAGES!

Hello steemians, this is my first post about the bass guitar, so let’s steem things up!

Just like every other part of the bass, the importance of the tuning pegs cannot be over emphasized. without them we won't be able to produce those magnificent sounds.
Have you ever tried to tune your bass guitar and the tuning peg just keeps rotating without tightening the string? Well it means your peg is faulty and needs a replacement. Your mind then tells you to take the bass guitar to a repairer and this could cost you some good cash. So now I’m going to show you a step by step guide with images on how to neatly change the faulty tuning peg with ease and in turn save cash.
For this tutorial i'm going to use my samick bass. your bass tuning peg may have a different mechanism but they all follow this same procedure when it comes to replacing the pegs.



Before we start you need to purchase a new tuning peg set. You can get them online at very affordable prices or you could even pull one off from a faulty bass lying around but just make sure it’s of the same side as the one you want to replace.

So now let’s begin.

First you need a spanner and a screwdriver, if you don’t have these you could borrow from a friend or ask your neighbours around, they should have them as these tools are quite useful at home for maintenance and repairs. i got these from my dad's car tool box.
My bass peg has a bolt of 14mm diameter, this could be different for your bass depending on the manufacturer.

Step 1

First loose the string off the faulty peg. This should be easy.

Step 2

Turn over the bass and locate the screw holding the peg you want to change and then neatly unscrew it.

Step 3

Now turn the bass over to its front and use the spanner to loosen the bolt of the tuning peg. Now the tuning peg should come off easily.









When a tuning peg becomes faulty, most times it is the gear mechanism inside the peg that is worn out

the gear wears out over time as the tuning peg is being used.

You may decide to replace the gear with one from your new peg set or just replace the entire peg. Whichever one you decide to do works fine.

Step 4

Now slot the new peg into the hole and tie the bolt firmly to the body of the bass. Careful not to make it too tight so as not to compress the wood.

Step 5

Now turn the bass over to its back and screw the peg into the wood neatly.

Step 6

neatly put the string back on the tuning peg and tighten it.



And that’s it, we are done changing the faulty peg, simple and easy. Now we can tune the bass perfectly. Be sure to keep the faulty peg somewhere you can find it as it could come in handy later.



I hope this post was helpful? I would be posting more bass maintenance and repair tips so do hang around, thanks. All images here are my original works and were shot with my Nikon D5100.