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09-01-2009, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon | | | Straplock screw problems
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Alright so I'm using Hennesy straplocks on my G&L Tribby, and after a slight mishap where I was handing my teacher my bass and the patch cord (which I wrap up and around my strap, like Claypool) was being stepped on by him, and put some serious force on the screw. Causing it to rip out party and remain loose whenever I try to screw it back in. Now I thought the solution would be a bigger screw but I can't seem to find one that fits the straplocks I'm using  Do I just need to keep looking for a larger screw that will fit? Or get a new kind of straplock?
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09-01-2009, 01:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston | | | I used a bit of wood glue, some toothpicks cut to size and just use your old screw and tighten the hell out of it. I had to do it when I put strap locks on my old p-bass and they haven't even budged in like 6 years.
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09-01-2009, 01:52 PM
|  | ~ | | | | | ^^^also, crazy glue works fine if you don't have wood glue. |
09-01-2009, 01:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon | | | Thanks for the replies guys! I have wood glue but don't understand how the toothpicks would help. Can you elaborate on that?
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09-01-2009, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Belgium, Herk-de-Stad | | | The picks will fill the too large hole and create some 'new wood' for the screw to turn into. They'll stay in place with the glue.
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09-01-2009, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by P-Bass Fanatic Thanks for the replies guys! I have wood glue but don't understand how the toothpicks would help. Can you elaborate on that? | The toothpicks fill the hole and give the screws something to dig into. Usually it works really well and holds nice and tight. That said, I did have one bass that just would not stay tight no matter how many times I used toothpicks and wood glue so I used super glue and it hasn't moved since.
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09-01-2009, 01:59 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Shove the toothpicks(slivers of similar wood also work)into the hole; it will effectively shrink the inside diameter, causing the screws' threads to bite into the wood & hold on. Glue makes it stay in better.
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09-01-2009, 02:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon | | | Oh alright I get it now. Thanks a bunch everyone! I'll get started on that soon.
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