Dennis G Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Changed the strings on my Elitist Casino today, and noticed as I was taking off the strap for general cleanup, that the screw on the strap button had worked itself waaaaaay loose! I'll admit to keeping the strap on the guitar so there is some movement back and forth as I take it on and off. I'm using the Grolsch strap locks because I don't want the extra protrusion of an actual strap lock. see photo Eventually, the screw threads just aren't going to have anything to grab onto, so, my question is, what do I do? 1. Stop keeping the strap in the guitar to avoid the rotating? 2. Locktite in the screwhole? 3. Glue in the screwhole? 4. ?? Thx in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkuss Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Strange. I keep my straps on for the exact opposite reason. In my experience, constantly removing and putting on a strap (unless it has very loose fitting holes) actually causes the strap button to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed2 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Changed the strings on my Elitist Casino today, and noticed as I was taking off the strap for general cleanup, that the screw on the strap button had worked itself waaaaaay loose! I'll admit to keeping the strap on the guitar so there is some movement back and forth as I take it on and off. I'm using the Grolsch strap locks because I don't want the extra protrusion of an actual strap lock. see photo Eventually, the screw threads just aren't going to have anything to grab onto, so, my question is, what do I do? 1. Stop keeping the strap in the guitar to avoid the rotating? 2. Locktite in the screwhole? 3. Glue in the screwhole? 4. ?? Thx in advance! I just had the same problem. Dip one (or more) tooth picks into some wood glue and insert them..... filling the screw hole. Let things dry and set up, like overnight. Trim the excess toothpicks off and drill a small pilot hole. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I just had the same problem. Dip one (or more) tooth picks into some wood glue and insert them..... filling the screw hole. Let things dry and set up, like overnight. Trim the excess toothpicks off and drill a small pilot hole. That's it. +1. I used the "toothpick method" on a guitar before and it worked great. Actually when I did it, I didn't even let it sit for very long and I didn't even bother drilling a hole. I just screwed it back in there and the problem never happened again. Now that I think about it, I may have just used a couple drops of Super Glue instead of wood glue. It was so long ago I don't really remember. Anyway, SOME variation of the the toothpick thing will definitely fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 The old wood glue and toothpicks idea does the trick but I'd steer clear of Super Glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevierussell Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 +1 for the toothpicks and wood glue, had to do it on my dot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thx for all the help guys. Sounds like toothpicks & glue it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 You could just nail it in Even better than toothpicks, find an old bit of mahogany and whittle some slivers off it and shove them in with wood glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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