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12-27-2010, 01:38 PM
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I also posted this in the VM Jag thread under basses.
ok....just went through my check and balances on my new VM Jag. Tightening bolts and setting intonation and such.
i found that i can turn and turn and turn the screws connecting the bridge with the body and they never tighten all the way. All of them. I am guessing this is not normal.
Anyone have any input on this?
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12-27-2010, 02:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | Sounds like you may have stripped the threads in the screwholes in the body.
Not good.
You will need to get that fixed, or eventually the bridge will work itself loose.
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12-27-2010, 02:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lancaster, KY | | | i didnt strip the threads. They were like that when i first turned the screw driver
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12-27-2010, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by C.Linton  Sounds like you may have stripped the threads in the screwholes in the body.
Not good.
You will need to get that fixed, or eventually the bridge will work itself loose. | Sounds correct to me 
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12-27-2010, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by yamark I also posted this in the VM Jag thread under basses.
ok....just went through my check and balances on my new VM Jag. Tightening bolts and setting intonation and such.
i found that i can turn and turn and turn the screws connecting the bridge with the body and they never tighten all the way. All of them. I am guessing this is not normal.
Anyone have any input on this? | Remove the bridge. Get some wooden matches. Remove the head of each match to be used. Gently tap a match into each screw hole, until it bottoms out. Snip the protruding match flush with the face of the bass. Try mounting the bridge. Add matches as needed.
(Use same trick for loose door-hinge screws, et al) |
12-27-2010, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lancaster, KY | | | I feel as if I shouldn't have to do those kind of fixes for a brand new bass. It's going back, i just wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this.
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12-27-2010, 02:24 PM
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12-27-2010, 06:36 PM
|  | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | I've not had this experience on any Fenders or Squiers yet - but it can happen to any bass. Heck - propellers and engines fall off aircraft too - but if you want to fix it, like I told you on the other post, you can use toothpicks (matches are kinda soft wood) and a little Elmer's and do one screw at a time.
Since you prolly bought the extended warranty from your retailer just exercise that option and get another bass. If not - Squier has a 1-year warranty for things like this too. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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