SX Jazz Problem

[slaerts]

Its the sting that holds the strings down before they go to the nut. Not sure what it is called. Any how it slipped loose. I hoped that I could lower my strings on the barrel of the tuning peg and then tighten the screw. Unfortunately the screw wont bite into the wood.
Any ideas? I'm thinking bore out the current hole and make it bigger and insert a bigger screw in the hole or find some sort of replacement part but am not sure.
Hope the pics help display the problem as I'm not sure what the part is even called, in 20 years of bass playing I've never had this peroblem before - never had a sx before either...

http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x206/slaerty/?action=view&current=sxjazz016.jpg

 

[Darkstrike]

String retainer is what its called, fill the hole with a toothpick, glue it in if you like(the toothpick), and rescrew it, job's a good un.

 

[slaerts]

String retainer. OK sounds simple enough. Thanks

 

[Darkstrike]

Nadda bother, should be a 5 min fix.

 

[slaerts]

toothpicked, glued and screwed, 5 minutes. Will wait 24 hours till I tighten up the strings. thanks.

 

[JLS]

toothpicked, glued and screwed, 5 minutes. Will wait 24 hours till I tighten up the strings. thanks.

They should all be this easy...