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12-03-2009, 02:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lansing, Michigan | | | Brass inserts for neck screws, HELP!
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I bought this product off ebay, but all of the brass inserts have broken. Does anybody know where I can find replacements?
2nd question, in a pinch can I bolt my neck on with only 3 of the 4 screws? .. and yes the missing screw is on the E string side. 
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12-03-2009, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern California | | | You can get threaded inserts from McMaster Carr or EZ-Lok or eBay for that matter (search "threaded inserts" in the musical instrument section). That said, I would recommend using steel inserts and not brass. Brass is soft and the stainless screw will strip the threads if you over tighten the screws. |
12-03-2009, 02:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lansing, Michigan | | | Am I ok with a 3 bolt neck? Or am I bassless until I get replacements?
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12-04-2009, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by joelb79  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170305952745
I bought this product off ebay, but all of the brass inserts have broken. Does anybody know where I can find replacements?
2nd question, in a pinch can I bolt my neck on with only 3 of the 4 screws? .. and yes the missing screw is on the E string side. | How did they break? Are the internal threads stripped, or the outside?
How are you going to use 3 bolts, if all the inserts are broken?
I've converted more than a few basses and guitars to 1/4-20 machine screws and inserts, and always used steel inserts.
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01-16-2010, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lansing, Michigan | | | They were a flat head insert and the sides of the flat head would shear off when screwing it in just like tin snips. Horrible design. The seller basically wanted to have me pay to ship the neck to him to install a new pair rather than replace the broken ones because my tools were bad.
I promptly bought another pair from another seller and they worked fine. Again, not the tool but rather bad parts as I had suspected.
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01-16-2010, 05:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | As long as the neck stays put while you're playing, no problem going with 3 screws. There are thousands of basses with one screw stripped out being played every day.
You need to remove the brass inserts and go steel only. Brass is simply not strong enough for this application.
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01-18-2010, 09:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lansing, Michigan | | | Wow, I should really fight this guy with ebay then and provide him this link.
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