krazy_olie Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 The thread for one of my strap buttons has gone, well it doesn't hold the screw in anymore. The screw itself seems fine so I can only assume it's the wood, are there any reasonably simple fixes like some form of gluing for this or should I take it to a luthier? Cheers, Olie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOD2 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 [quote name='finnbass' post='141923' date='Feb 17 2008, 03:03 PM']Search for 'matchstick' and you'll find half-a-dozen threads on this topic [/quote] Or "cocktail stick"..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy_olie Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Thanks, I think I'll give that a shot... Just to clarify, I take 2-3 cocktail sticks, secure them in the hole with wood/pva glue, wait to dry, then screw? O Edited February 17, 2008 by krazy_olie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOD2 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 yep, that'll do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Man Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 [quote name='krazy_olie' post='141931' date='Feb 17 2008, 03:22 PM']Thanks, I think I'll give that a shot... Just to clarify, I take 2-3 cocktail sticks, secure them in the hole with wood/pva glue, wait to dry, then screw? O[/quote] +1 for this, works a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I actually do the "cocktail stick trick" to new basses when I fit Schaller compatible strap buttons to them. Saves a lot of aggro later on. And for the record, the buttons on my Vigier haven't moved in 11 years. Come on, Patrice, what's your secret? I've never even had to tighten them once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lushuk Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I got one of those plastic toothpicks from asda chopped it to the depth of the hole pointy end facing out filled it with super glue screwed the screw in and left for a few hours, sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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