The tuners themselves are probabbly ok , it's just the orientation of the 2 on the bottom end in photo. They are installed "backwards " or in other words ,( you have left side tuners on the right side ) etc. The single one on the other side is correctly installed . best rule to remember is "round = down " ie: the tuner gear cog should be facing the body of the guitar .(imagine it with the cover off to see where the gear is ) otherwise the tension from the string wants to pull the shaft away from the cog .
This usually is not a problem on enclosed tuners . but bass and open or just covered tuners , it can be an issue .
so .. what to do now ? well you can leave it and hope it handles well , and if they start to slip , just replace the tuners with right side tuners.
or it you have the room swap those 2 to the other side, and fill the holes .
I'd just leave it an cross your fingers . unless you have some rightys on hand .
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The tuners themselves are probabbly ok , it's just the orientation of the 2 on the bottom end in photo. They are installed "backwards " or in other words ,( you have left side tuners on the right side ) etc. The single one on the other side is correctly installed . best rule to remember is "round = down " ie: the tuner gear cog should be facing the body of the guitar .(imagine it with the cover off to see where the gear is ) otherwise the tension from the string wants to pull the shaft away from the cog .
This usually is not a problem on enclosed tuners . but bass and open or just covered tuners , it can be an issue .
so .. what to do now ? well you can leave it and hope it handles well , and if they start to slip , just replace the tuners with right side tuners.
or it you have the room swap those 2 to the other side, and fill the holes .
I'd just leave it an cross your fingers . unless you have some rightys on hand .
hope that helps .
Nice ,, but .. backward turners on a bass ,, may invite slippage and stripping on those 2 tuners . BUT... may be fine too.