stripped adjustment hole on pickup.. help?

minorseventh · May 15th, 2008, 01:50 PM

so im putting together this guitar and I dont want to mention the pickup maker at this point, but they are hand made, expensive, you get the point...

anyway, after fighting with the neck pickup to fit it in the cavity, i go to screw it into the pickguard and one of the holes through the plastic baseplate is completely stripped. the screw just slides freely in and out.

any ideas as to how i might fix this? i need to not only secure the pickup to the pickguard, but it also must be height adjustable (as it it is supposed to be), so i cant just fix it with a nut on the bottom.

octatonic · May 15th, 2008, 02:00 PM

I've fixed this before by putting a nut on the bottom.
Usually have to string it all up, measure how much to raise and lower and then loosen the strings, pull the pickup out and adjust.

There is probably a better way to do it.

rkwrenn · May 15th, 2008, 02:18 PM

Here's a few ideas...

* Re-tap with a slightly bigger screw

* Crazy glue a nut to the pickup

* Mount the pickup to the body

Cheers and HTH,

Bob

minorseventh · May 15th, 2008, 02:28 PM

crazy gluing a nut to the pickup... so crazy it just might work...

thanks!

KevinB · May 15th, 2008, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minorseventh

crazy gluing a nut to the pickup...

That's exactly what I'd do. You just have to find one with the correct threads.

Tele Fan · May 15th, 2008, 02:44 PM

Take some teflon tape (the stuff that you use to install a shower head) and wrap it around the screw before you thread it in.

jwells393 · May 15th, 2008, 03:39 PM

I'd go with the glued nut idea.

Jeremy Palmer · May 15th, 2008, 08:19 PM

I used the glued nut trick on my #1, and it works great. I just went to the local hardware store and bought a nut and matching machine bolt and slapped it in. No problems since.

6x47 · May 15th, 2008, 08:44 PM

May as well do both sides while you're at it especially if you use an epoxy.

May 15th, 2008, 01:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
minorseventh TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: los angeles Posts: 13	stripped adjustment hole on pickup.. help? so im putting together this guitar and I dont want to mention the pickup maker at this point, but they are hand made, expensive, you get the point... anyway, after fighting with the neck pickup to fit it in the cavity, i go to screw it into the pickguard and one of the holes through the plastic baseplate is completely stripped. the screw just slides freely in and out. any ideas as to how i might fix this? i need to not only secure the pickup to the pickguard, but it also must be height adjustable (as it it is supposed to be), so i cant just fix it with a nut on the bottom.

May 15th, 2008, 02:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
octatonic Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: London Posts: 1,282	I've fixed this before by putting a nut on the bottom. Usually have to string it all up, measure how much to raise and lower and then loosen the strings, pull the pickup out and adjust. There is probably a better way to do it. __________________ “Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.” - Henry David Thoreau.

May 15th, 2008, 02:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
rkwrenn Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Plata, MD Age: 50 Posts: 289	Here's a few ideas... * Re-tap with a slightly bigger screw * Crazy glue a nut to the pickup * Mount the pickup to the body Cheers and HTH, Bob __________________ Help I've fallen and can't reach my Tele!

May 15th, 2008, 02:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tele Fan Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville, Ky Age: 29 Posts: 826	Take some teflon tape (the stuff that you use to install a shower head) and wrap it around the screw before you thread it in. __________________ Life is better when you just make it up as you go along.

May 15th, 2008, 03:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 11,121 101 Photos	I'd go with the glued nut idea. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

May 15th, 2008, 02:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
minorseventh TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: los angeles Posts: 13	crazy gluing a nut to the pickup... so crazy it just might work... thanks!

May 15th, 2008, 08:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jeremy Palmer TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Princeton, MN Age: 29 Posts: 26	I used the glued nut trick on my #1, and it works great. I just went to the local hardware store and bought a nut and matching machine bolt and slapped it in. No problems since.

May 15th, 2008, 08:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
6x47 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern ON - Northern MN Age: 64 Posts: 430	May as well do both sides while you're at it especially if you use an epoxy.