Double Bass Rattle in Tuning Peg

[Jim Dedrick]

Been playing my back up DB for outdoor gigs. Its developed a bit of a rattle on the d-string tuner. Ive tightened down all the screws. Any ideas on a quick and easy DIY fix?

 

[Killing Floor]

Pic of the tuner? Is it a stamped clover leaf type pressed into a split shaft? If so, those can loosen and your grief maybe solved as simply as a small drop of Loctite.

 

[Don Kasper]

Any ideas on a quick and easy DIY fix?

Try a heavy rubberband capturing the 2 adjacent tuner stems. You might just have a sloppy tuner.
Like this:
I-rubberband-I
Good Luck.

 

[Jim Dedrick]

Try a heavy rubberband capturing the 2 adjacent tuner stems. You might just have a sloppy tuner.
Like this:
I-rubberband-I
Good Luck.

Thanks- good idea. Ill try it this weekend

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Does it have the little spring steel plate under the tuner gear? Somtimes just bending that a little is enough to kill the rattle. Worked on my son's old MIM P bass. The rubberband trick has a nice janky appeal too.

 

[jj.833]

Sometimes loose string end rattles against the wood.

 

[LHbassist]

Pic of the tuner? Is it a stamped clover leaf type pressed into a split shaft? If so, those can loosen and your grief maybe solved as simply as a small drop of Loctite.

If it is a flat stamped steel cloverleaf or 'lollipop' button, I place a drop of thin superglue right at the junction of the shaft and button. Let it flow in, and it should work. Loctite might work as well, but most households already have a tube of thin superglue or 'Crazy glue' available.

 

[Killing Floor]

If it is a flat stamped steel cloverleaf or 'lollipop' button, I place a drop of thin superglue right at the junction of the shaft and button. Let it flow in, and it should work. Loctite might work as well, but most households already have a tube of thin superglue or 'Crazy glue' available.

Yes. If it’s a split metal post that the flat button is pressed into, squeezing the post is risky.
Also, reason I have used Loctite instead of Super Glue or similar is that if I drip (I am a menace with fine repairs!) the blue Loctite can be peeled away.