Electric P Bass Jack Plate Loose

[psyoniksoundz]

Hi, I've had this bass (my first one at that) for about...3 months, if that.. It's a brand-less bass guitar (first mistake I guess), and played pretty decently on a 10w amp my friend lent me. He noticed one day, (about 2 months after purchase) that the jack on the guitar was quite loose. Thus, he got a screwdriver and tightened it for me. I took it in, remembered to keep a screwdriver handy in case that happened again. K - here's the kicker. For the last 3 weeks, I haven't even touched the guitar, as I was out of town. The jack is now completely loose (currently still searching for screws) and it seems that the holes the screws were in are too chewed to hold them properly which is resulting in the jack itself falling out of it's place. Is there any advice one can give on how to self-repair this, or what action I should take to fix this? I REALLY miss playing this thing, I've fallen madly in love with it and I'm a hopeless romantic desperate to get his love back

Thanks in advance guys!

(pic in attachments showing what happened)

[WilliamSandoval]

Get some super glue, fill the holes, and put the screws in like normal. It will re thread the holes. They may become stripped later on, but just use super glue again

[psyoniksoundz]

Thanks so much! Didn't think it'd be that easy...

[WilliamSandoval]

You can do this with any stripped hole.

[GeneralElectric]

I'd advise against using superglue to fix a stripped screw hole.

Its falling out because either A) the hole was too big to begin with or B) the hole is stripped.

The real solution for stripped screws is to sick a dowel in there, glue it, cut it, and then redrill the hole. But thats too much work in all honestly and should really only be done if the holes in the neck are stripped (at least on a bass)
It would be most practical to take a toothpick with some wood glue and stick it in the hole. Break off the excess toothpick. This will give the threads of the screw something to bite on and probably won't need to be fixed again long after you own the bass.

[spaz21387]

Toothpicks in the holes and some wood glue works too

[137h4lone]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

I'd advise against using superglue to fix a stripped screw hole.

Its falling out because either A) the hole was too big to begin with or B) the hole is stripped.

The real solution for stripped screws is to sick a dowel in there, glue it, cut it, and then redrill the hole. But thats too much work in all honestly and should really only be done if the holes in the neck are stripped (at least on a bass)
It would be most practical to take a toothpick with some wood glue and stick it in the hole. Break off the excess toothpick. This will give the threads of the screw something to bite on and probably won't need to be fixed again long after you own the bass.

I've used the toothpick method before. Works like a charm !

[johnboy65]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

It would be most practical to take a toothpick with some wood glue and stick it in the hole. Break off the excess toothpick. This will give the threads of the screw something to bite on and probably won't need to be fixed again long after you own the bass.

+1000

I've had to do this on almost all of my basses at one time or another and it works.

[walterw]

the toothpicks and wood glue method is the simplest and strongest way to fix it, as long as you use plenty of wood glue, plenty of toothpick, and crank the screw in tight while the glue is still wet.

don't bother with superglue, epoxy, drilling, or anything else.

[darkstorm]

toothpick and wood glue is what Ive used for any little to medium size screws.

[mongo2]

I'd just jam a dowel with some glue on it in there and break off the excess.

Once, at a gig quite a while ago, our guitarist's strap button popped off with a stripped screw hole. He swapped guitars and on the next break I went across the street to the Chinese resturant and appropriatied a set of chopsticks and jammed one in to fill the hole, snapped it off and installed the strap button.For all I know it's still in there.

[Pilgrim]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

I'd advise against using superglue to fix a stripped screw hole.

It would be most practical to take a toothpick with some wood glue and stick it in the hole. Break off the excess toothpick.

+ 123,456.