Recent content by poohbaru

These would work very nicely if the screw in question possessed a head.

Harbor Freight has a set of cheap diamond needle files, and the tip of the round/oval file works well enough for bass nut slots. You can use calipers to find the string diameter along the file's taper, and tape off the rest of the taper so you don't over-file. Remember to keep the file tilted to...

You've got it sir. The ID (inner diameter) of the roll pin only needs to be slightly larger than the major diameter (thread edge to thread edge) of the screw. Take the screw from the other straplock to the store with you, and buy the roll pin that just fits around it. The roll pin will compress...

A very good way to make the tubular bit that we're discussing is to file teeth into the end of a split 'roll pin' of appropriate size; available in the wall 'o hardware at fine home centers.

A guitar (or bass guitar) string vibrates between (usually) two node points with one being the bridge saddle and the other being either the nut or a fret. The shape of the string as it vibrates is a big, long, flattish oval, with the ends of the oval obviously at the node points. Anything that...