Appearance is very good, nice and shiny with no flaws in teh chrome finish . Mechanism is extremely smooth, no catches detectable over a
whole rotation. Once tuned, my bass has been spot on for days on end, only needing adustment as room temp has changed (middle of cold spell in UK). Have a similar looking set of cheaper tuners on another bass and one can definetley feel the difference. These tuners ooze quality