Screw Guitar
Posted July 24, 2009
By admin
How do I fix a loose screw that holds a guitar strap?
The screw keeps coming out and obviously it's going to be getting a lot of abuse, and I don't want to kill the guitar... it's a new (albeit cheap) electric bass.
I've done this a lot over the years...
Remove the existing strap pin and screw. Get yourself 2 or 3 wood toothpicks and some white glue. Put a little glue on the toothpicks, and put them about half way in to the hole you're trying to repair.
Let the glue dry for a few hours. You can now trim the toothpicks flush with the body of the guitar (I use flush cutters). You can now reinstall the strap pin, as you have fresh wood for the screw to bite in to.
No epoxy, no drilling required.
Greetings from Austin, TX
Ken
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