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03-05-2006, 01:48 AM
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Well I've had my bass on all day, and have been playing with my band really at very loud volumes all day, and I came home and just started doodling on my practice amp. I start playing and notice my sound isn't as loud as it usually is on my practice amp, so I figure the batteries are low again. (I put new ones in on Feb. 19, and it's Mar. 5th..but I'm the guy with the battery hungry Cirrus 5 BXP) Anyway, so I put new ones in, and the volume is the same, so maybe I've just been used to loud music all day. Regardless, I was putting the screws back in the battery cover (I usually turn the screws 1 or 2 times to get them started) Well I may have accidentaly started wrong and like chipped or stripped the inside wood grain pattern for my screw. The screw will only go in lop-sided, and not straight. Looking closely, I can see the inside screw pattern disfigured and like scratched up. Umm...I don't know, but is there anyway to fix this problem...I'm guessing it's stripped. I'm not sure, but I really need to screw this screw in, because I don't want my batteries falling out! Any help...just a wood question. Thanks!
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03-05-2006, 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by MistaMarko Well I've had my bass on all day, and have been playing with my band really at very loud volumes all day, and I came home and just started doodling on my practice amp. I start playing and notice my sound isn't as loud as it usually is on my practice amp, so I figure the batteries are low again. (I put new ones in on Feb. 19, and it's Mar. 5th..but I'm the guy with the battery hungry Cirrus 5 BXP) Anyway, so I put new ones in, and the volume is the same, so maybe I've just been used to loud music all day. Regardless, I was putting the screws back in the battery cover (I usually turn the screws 1 or 2 times to get them started) Well I may have accidentaly started wrong and like chipped or stripped the inside wood grain pattern for my screw. The screw will only go in lop-sided, and not straight. Looking closely, I can see the inside screw pattern disfigured and like scratched up. Umm...I don't know, but is there anyway to fix this problem...I'm guessing it's stripped. I'm not sure, but I really need to screw this screw in, because I don't want my batteries falling out! Any help...just a wood question. Thanks!
Mark |
since its not a major screw, you could just fill the hole with wood filler, let it dry and drill a new hole. |
03-05-2006, 02:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston & Arizona, USA | | | Please turn it down or get some ear plugs. Even cheapies will be better than nothing but they also make some that have a fairly flat response so you can hear everythng - just quieter.
I have some damage to one ear and I am luckier than some people I know.
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03-05-2006, 06:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield, england | | | Buy some matches...tear one into strips...put inside the hole...screw in the screw straight - PROBLEM SOLVED!
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03-05-2006, 06:36 AM
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03-05-2006, 06:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield, england | | | yeah...and toothpicks so I've heard
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03-05-2006, 07:48 AM
| | | | Toothpicks work really good, I've also seen people fill stripped strap button screw holes with a mix of baking powder and superglue.
Is this a screw hole/screw that has a threaded brass or steel insert set in the wood of the bass, if so you could replace it, check with your larger fastner companies. getting the insert could be a little tricky but not impossible.
+ 1 on the earplugs ,they are not just for sissies, I am 38 and am already tired of asking people to repeat themselves as I have loss bad enough that certain words sound like other words and in a crowd or noisey enviroment I have a hard time understanding people. It really sucks!
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03-05-2006, 08:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: under your bed | | | I think I stripped my wood...
man that's gotta hurt. you gotta know when to stop! when it starts to sting, you gotta give it a rest. |
03-05-2006, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by NecroticImbecil I think I stripped my wood...
man that's gotta hurt. you gotta know when to stop! when it starts to sting, you gotta give it a rest. | This topic just wouldn't have been complete without someone adding that.  |
03-05-2006, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | | I just repaired some stripped pickguard screwholes by filling the holes with mixture of sawdust and wood glue. Worked pretty well, actually. |
03-05-2006, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by peter griffin I've also seen people fill stripped strap button screw holes with a mix of baking powder and superglue. | One of those bastirds must have done that to my Climax. I spend hours trying to get the old strap button off so I could put strap locks on it. I ended up cutting and grinding everything flush with the horn and drilling a new hole for the strap lock. No one will ever know unless they remove the strap lock button.
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03-05-2006, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tampa / On Tour | | | since the question has been answered.....
damn, i was goin for the whole 'stripped wood' joke, but i got beat to it... |
03-05-2006, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DavePlaysBass One of those bastirds must have done that to my Climax. I spend hours trying to get the old strap button off so I could put strap locks on it. I ended up cutting and grinding everything flush with the horn and drilling a new hole for the strap lock. No one will ever know unless they remove the strap lock button.
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