Straplock body screws coming loose..?

[bubinga5]

Ok the strap locks a keep coming loose on my bass..i mean the screws that hold em on to the body of course....what can i do? ive heard of the matchstick and glue method but can some one explain or send me a link?

cheers!!

[bubinga5]

sorry just did a search...cocktail stick it is then

[mart]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1034124' date='Nov 23 2010, 05:24 PM']sorry just did a search...cocktail stick it is then[/quote]

Yep, a cocktail stick seems a good bet. (Some say they're better than matches). It's a great trick to learn - it's quick, easy and cheap, but it works!

[Dood]

Or longer screws if you have any. Use steel ones, not weaker brass ones that can sheer more easily.

[Protium]

Or hardwood dowel and redrill

[pantherairsoft]

I just use gap-filling super glue (like Zap-A-Gap)... And hope I never want to remove said pins

[stevebasshead]

Wrap some plumbers tape (the PTFE stuff) around the thread and screw it back in. I did this on my Ric about 4 years ago when it used to unscrew itself during a gig as I moved around (think my strap must've gripped the pin somehow) and it's never budged since.

I was worried (probably unnecessarily) about the cocktail stick method as this would surely exert a lot of extra sideways pressure on the surrounding wood, hence the PTFE tape I eventually used as I figured I only needed a little extra girth in the screw to make it grip properly. As I say, it's never budged in 4 years now.


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Edited November 26, 2010 by stevebasshead

[chris_b]

Schallers?

[zigmondo]

In the same position myself this week. I found the Schaller screws to be thinner than the ones already on the bass, so out came a couple of Swan Vestas: banged them in the holes, Stanleyed off the excess, screwed away with impunity. PTFE, even masking-tape, sound grand.

[LemonCello]

Ditto,

Used a thick (cook's) match to completely fill the hole up, then the screws tightened up nicely.

Worked a treat

LC

[machinehead]

All the above methods sound good.

My own method is to coat the screw in Araldite adhesive. The result is a very permanent repair.

Frank.

[Cat Burrito]

I used a slither of matchstick on my bass (no glue) back in 1994 and it's still going strong today

[rOB]

[quote name='LemonCello' post='1041076' date='Nov 29 2010, 01:54 PM']Used a thick (cook's) match to completely fill the hole up, then the screws tightened up nicely.

Worked a treat[/quote]

As someone who's nervous about all technical issues (for fear of breaking something) I used this fix last night on a wobbly strap pin. Worked perfectly and made me feel all manly for fixing it myself.

[wal4string]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1034116' date='Nov 23 2010, 06:20 PM']Ok the strap locks a keep coming loose on my bass..i mean the screws that hold em on to the body of course....what can i do? ive heard of the matchstick and glue method but can some one explain or send me a link?

cheers!![/quote]

Hello Bubunga5, I know who you are. Hey but you know where I live, DOH!

Had the same problem and I came to the conclusion it was the Straplocks, I found the Ernie Ball to be the best as it allows a full 360 degree turn of the nut and all others simply don't.

[farmer61]

[quote name='LemonCello' post='1041076' date='Nov 29 2010, 01:54 PM']Ditto,

Used a thick (cook's) match to completely fill the hole up, then the screws tightened up nicely.

Worked a treat

LC[/quote]

Plus the one