Tuning Head Screw fallen out

AzzaKnoldy · #1 07-28-2011, 11:55 AM

Just today, I have realised as I was putting a new 'G' on my bass guitar, that I am missing the screw which holds the tuning peg onto the headstock. What's the best course of action, and where could I get a replacement? The screw is well and truly lost.

My bass is an Ibanez GSR-180. (I know, crap right?)

dmusic148 · #2 07-28-2011, 11:57 AM

Take one of the other ones out and head to the hardware store to find a matching replacement. Easy.

AzzaKnoldy · #3 07-28-2011, 12:03 PM

Why didn't I think of that? Thanks alot

dmusic148 · #4 07-28-2011, 12:05 PM

You're welcome. You may find, btw, that the screw came out because the hole is stripped out. In this case, a quick and dirty solution is to break a short piece off of a toothpick, put a little glue on it and stick it in the hole, then drive the screw in.

AzzaKnoldy · #5 07-28-2011, 02:15 PM

What do you mean by stripped out?

96tbird · #6 07-28-2011, 02:42 PM

He means the wood in the hole has been chewed up so that the screw threads cannot bite firmly into the wood and will work loose quickly again.