CRUD!!! HELP!

Scoff X · #1 03-06-2003, 07:14 PM

Was at a band practice...My strats strap knob ( on the upper horn) was getting loose so i resorted to using my rg7string.

After praciting and getting into it the strap knob actually RIPPED thru the wood. How do I fix that ?

vaijem777 · #2 03-06-2003, 07:25 PM

Wooden dowel rod and wood glue.

Get a wooden dowel rod (1/4" I think should work). Sand one end to a taper so that it'll fill the hole in as completely as possible. Put it in the strap button hole and mark with pencil how deep it goes in (on the dowel rod itself). Cut the proper length off. Get some TiteBond or Elmer's wood glue. Coat the dowel in glue and put it in the strap button hole. Let it sit overnight, then carefuly re-drill the hole. That won't help if any finish was removed, but it'll give your strap buttons a nice, firm hunk o' wood to anchor to.

Rich · #3 03-06-2003, 08:35 PM

A couple toothpicks will give the same result with much less hassle

Champagne Mist · #4 03-06-2003, 08:54 PM

that happened to one of my guitars

Solution--epoxy!!!

Perhaps a little too permanent....

Scoff X · #5 03-06-2003, 09:06 PM

Thats it..

How do i fixxxxx

Rich · #6 03-06-2003, 09:10 PM

Ewwww, that's a whole mess-o-toothpicks

Scoff X · #7 03-06-2003, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich

Ewwww, that's a whole mess-o-toothpicks

Tell me about it.
Im pissed because i wasnt swinging the guitar around....

Rich · #8 03-06-2003, 09:12 PM

That Start looks more like an RG than any other Strat I've ever seen

sniperfrommars1 · #9 03-06-2003, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich

That Start looks more like an RG than any other Strat I've ever seen

I think he meant he switched to his seven string and ripped em out. Theres no way thats not an ibanez in that picture (*dig the stars by the way*) Anyways vai did the same thing to evo, your gonna have hell fixing it.

Scoff X · #10 03-06-2003, 10:33 PM

I switched guitars.

The strat was fixed with wood glue and a popsicle stick.

now what do i do with the RG7?

vaijem777 · #11 03-06-2003, 11:02 PM

Ugh...it ain't gonna be pretty regardless of what you do. Epoxy would work fine in this case, since you don't have to worry too much about the finish around the hole. I'd still go with a hardwood dowel. The bonus of using wood glue is that it's water soluble so that you can clean up any excess, but...there's enough wood missing there that it won't really matter.

You could just do an EVH and get some nice, big eye bolts and screw 'em in...get the 3-inch long ones. LOL

jeff l · #12 03-06-2003, 11:19 PM

Dayum dude! That happened with the stock strap pins?

Jupiter · #13 03-07-2003, 02:14 AM

Wow.
I grieve for you, man

. That looks rough indeed... i always feared that would be the curse of basswood being so soft.
By the way, does that happen to be one of the ultra-rare Cherry Fudge RG7's? It looks so pimp with those stars on it! Got any pics of the front of the guitar?
Ben

Scoff X · #14 03-07-2003, 07:09 AM

There you go. And it is cherry fudge.

So I could fill the hole with wood expoxy and then redrill?

frankfalbo · #15 03-07-2003, 01:06 PM

I've done this one quite a few times. Its not as big a deal as it seems. I take a file and clean out the area until it becomes more of a clean slot than a tear. Then I fill it with a matched slice of wood, usually not basswood, just because it's softness is responsible for your tear in the first place. I use thin superglue, and therefore I like to use mahogany because it soaks it up into the grains. You can either pre shape the wedge that is going in, or file it once it's in. Either way, you can nail polish it or do a pro finish touch up. Then, you re-drill the pilot hole for the new strap button. The final fix is that rather than using the same strap button screw, I use a neck screw. I usually use Korean ones from Mighty Mite because they are thinner. You can't use a Japanese Ibanez one because they are too big. A fender style one is usually fine.