Schaller Strap lock torn out! What now?

Oeneus

I've had the unfortunate trauma of having one of the Schaller Strap locks tear itself out of my gibson destroying the screw thread in the wood of the guitar. What the hell am I supposed to do now? Not what I want to happen to my £2100 baby!

Beecher

Man that sucks, as far as I can see you have 3 Choices really.

(A): Drill a new hole, far enough away from the original hole so it doesnt collapse into it, but close enough so the button covers the original hole.

(B): What I would do, get a matchstick, put a drop of superglue on the end and stick it into the hole, cut off the petruding bit of the matchstick and screw the screw into that.

(C): Bring it to a shop. But in my experience they will either drill a hole or stick in a piece of wood like a matchstick. :v:

-=al=-

id do the same... only i cut the matchstick up into smaller pieces... put some glue in... then some matchstick bits... more glue... more bits... basicly shove loads in there.... then a bigger screw... works fine, id at least try that before making new holes

sei046

ye thats what i did

Oeneus

Matchsticks are incredibly flimsy! Would the screw just eat threw them within a week?

Giblet

NEVER drill a bigger hole. Get some screw plugs that will fit into the hole. That's what I have in mine. Hasn't come out in 2 years

Oeneus

Screw Plugs! Ingenius!

Can you actually get them small enough to fit in a tiny hole like that though? It's like 3mm in diameter

feylya

Tbh, I'd either use the toothpick method mentioned or refill and redrill the hole. I wouldn't put screw plugs into a guitar What the hell were you doing when the screw came out?

Eoin Madsen

Yeah, pack the hole with broken matchstick and a little glue. It's tried and tested.

-=al=-

my screw came out wen i was spinning my guitar around me.... but that particular guitar is used to gettin that kinda bashind its been through alot

Doc_Savage

DO NOT put a wall plug into wood!!!!! it will split it so easily you'll cry like a girl!!

DO use a match!!

as the last resort...widen the hole and screw accordingly...drill your strap button to match..

Giblet

Doc_Savage wrote:

DO NOT put a wall plug into wood!!!!! it will split it so easily you'll cry like a girl!!

DO use a match!!

as the last resort...widen the hole and screw accordingly...drill your strap button to match..

NEVER DRILL A LARGER HOLE! Screw plugs are grand:)

Doc_Savage

As a qualified engineer i'm gonna say that is not what they're designed for!!

Doctor J

Plugs? :eek:

Bigger holes? :eek:

New holes? :eek:

Jaysus I wouldn't do any of those. Fill it in as already described, use the same hole and the same screw, end of problem.

John

Play sitting down

feylya

Or put the strap on it around the neck, acoustic stylee


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Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Or put the strap on it around the neck, acoustic stylee


:v:

:v: Gay.

Doctor J

Yeah, those Les Paul necks love supporting the nice, heavy weight of a mahogany Les Paul body :v:

feylya

Karl Hungus banned til next year for Personal abuse.


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Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Karl Hungus banned til next year for Personal abuse.


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No he isn't.

feylya

Meh. Ban yourself.

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Meh. Ban yourself.

Pfft, effort.

Chardee MacDennis

same thing happened to my epi LP and i cant believe no one has suggested it: fill the hole with polyfilla or some similar substance, leave to dry overnight screw into it next morning, happened to me bout 3 years ago, its been sturdy ever since.

Giblet

Doc_Savage wrote:

As a qualified engineer i'm gonna say that is not what they're designed for!!

Nether are matchsticks.

Doc_Savage

Now now... that is a tried and tested use of the matchstick passed down from generation to generation since the dawn of matchstick kind!!

(By the way I actually used to work for a company in Drogheda called Thorsman, the inventor of the wall plug, i think this leaves me in a better position than yourself for commenting on their uses anyway:v: )

Polyfill will do a very neat job.. however some of these fillers can use sovents to set and if they get on your guitar they may mark the surface (i have a scarred guitar from a similar occurance:o )