vmaxblues Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Hi All, just bought a lovely WAV5 Radius bass from a well known guitar shop. The previous owner has totally destroyed one of the piezo bridge adjuster pillars, meaning it can’t be adjusted. It doesn’t appear that easy to get the part, anyone know where to get a small brass part made? They will obviously take the bass back but I would prefer to keep it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Surely if you go high enough up the chain at NS they will have one for you? Failing that, it would be way easier to braze it to fill in that knackered Allen key hole with brass and cut a screwdriver slot, rather than make a new one from scratch. I'd be looking for a scale steam enthusiast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigguy2017 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Best would be try for spares from the manufacturer. As other NZ poster suggested, try your local model shop for someone with a small lathe who can turn you up some new ones. A harder type of brass or bronze would be better. A cheap fix would be to clean and degrease the holes, fill with metal loaded epoxy (Epoxy Steel etc. from eBay) then cut and file screwdriver slots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I have nothing to add, other than WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? It cannot be that difficult to see that whatever made that happen was not a good idea. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxblues Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 Thankfully, NS Design came through and I now have the parts, now fitted from the Czech republic! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 If they didn't send you a new Allen key best ask them what the correct size is before same again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxblues Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 I know the size, it is clearly marked in the instruction manual, the trouble is these are very delicate being made of brass, and the previous owner obviously jammed in several different keys and buggered it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, vmaxblues said: I know the size, it is clearly marked in the instruction manual, the trouble is these are very delicate being made of brass, and the previous owner obviously jammed in several different keys and buggered it! Some people do not deserve nice things! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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