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Post subject: HELP! STRIPED SCREW ON BACK PLASTIC PLATE OF THE PICKUP..
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:43 am
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Hello, i have texas specials pickups on my stratocaster, and on one of the pickups i can't adjust one side because the screw is stripped. I took the pick guard off and noticed that on the back of the pickup is a black plastic cover, the screw hole on that cover is stripped not allowing me to adjust it. also the little rubber grommet thing that the screw goes into is damaged. Do they sell just those back plates on the pickups ? Amd also the little rubber grommet thimg. If not what would be a good method in fixing the stripped hole on the pickup?


I REALY WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME.

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Post subject: Re: HELP! STRIPED SCREW ON BACK PLASTIC PLATE OF THE PICKUP
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:54 am
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Hi Jeff,

Let's take it from the top, so to speak:

The pickup cover is not meant to hold the screw. Rather, the screw is meant to merely pass through it and thread into the base (not bass) of your pickup.

I shall presume it is this threaded hole in the base of your pickup which is stripped. Yes, that base can be had as an aftermarket product but for your purposes, it won't help you with this model pickup as it cannot be taken apart without ruining it.

As the base of Texas Specials are made out of glorified cardboard, what you have to do is build up the damaged threaded wall of the stripped hole so that it will hold that screw again.

Througout everything I'm about to say, ensure that the coil winding of the pickup is not cut, nicked, dinged, etc.

Get a tooth pick and a set of nail clippers. BE CAREFUL for the sake of your fingers and ever so thinly, slice up some pieces of the toothpick so that they look like cut fingernail tips. Yea, I know the anology may be revolting but read on. Next, take some crazy glue and line the stripped threaded area in the base of the pickup. Start inserting these wood shards into the hole and center them the best you can in terms of them sticking out from the top and bottom of the hole. While doing so, configure the wood shards in such a way that you'll have a semblence of a center area for the screw to retap it's way through.

Let this whole concoction dry.

Now, slowly and just a touch firmly, begin to thread the pickup's height adjustment screw through the dried hole in the pickup's base, just enough to clear the opposite side of the base. Ensure that the screw is threading straight and not angling itself. It doesn't matter whether you start threading from the top or the bottom of the base; actually, from the bottom would be safer and easier. Now, if the screw firmly threads and holds, great, if it is still stripped, add more wood by repeating the above procedure.

Premising the screw is firmly held in the hole by your rethread, unscrew the screw and cut off any wood which is sticking out from the top and bottom of the hole. You don't have to be super meticulous with this, rather, it's more an excercise in making the job look tidy.

Those rubber grommets are surgical tubing and act as springs. They compress and miss-shape themselves all the time. You could try to salvage it, replace it or use a small spring which fits for the same purpose. If you choose a spring, a conical shape is best. Either the replacement tubing or suitable conical springs are readily available. The tubing or the spring goes through the mounting screw in between the now covered pickup and the bottom of the pickguard. See how your other two pickups are mounted for reference.

Good luck and please let us know how you made out!

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Post subject: Stripped pickup base screw......
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:34 pm
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Hello,and thank you very much for your help and quick reply back.I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Sounds like it will work. When i'm done with it i'll let you know what happens. I just can't stand the thought of haveing to go and buy a pickup knowing this one works fine.

ONCE AGAIN,I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH..

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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:47 pm
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Martian that is spot on advise that i would never of thought of. The more barbaric option would of been my first thought. :oops:

I learned something today thanks mate.

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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:58 pm
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Glad to be of help, you're both quite welcome!!

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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:19 am
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here's my permanant fix:

First, there's this product called JB Weld. It's a two part metal epoxy. It takes a day or so to cure (I would recommend 48 hours). After it sets, it's incredibly tough. I mean tough.

Second, find a nut corresponding to the screw you have, it should be a 4X40 nut, but check). Stainless Steel recommended. See your local hardware store for that (Home Depot?)

Third, get a toothpick or two.

Fourth, get some rubbing alcohol and a clean cloth.

Finally, Get a tiny bit of sandpaper (between 200 to 400 grit, nothing coarser than 200), big enough to hold with thumb and forefinger to do some delicate sanding.

Highly recommended: a small vise, but not necessary.

So here's what you do:
1. Wash the nut with alcohol and clean cloth to remove any grease or grime. Now put the nut on the screw and make make the screw extends beyond the the nut about 1/4 inch or so. Set the screw and nut aside for now, let them dry throughly.
2. If you have a small vise, delicately put pickup into vise, bottom side up. You will be working on the bottom side.
3. Just around where the screw hole is, on the bottom of the pickguard, lightly sand. I mean lightly. The sanded area should be big enough to cover the nut or wider. Wipe off any sanding particles and go step 3.
3. Mix up some JB weld. It's 50%-50% mix. A little goes a very long way.
4. Apply the mixed up JB-Weld to the area where you have sanded. Use a toothpick and dab and apply. Keep the glue away from and out of the hole, don't get too close to the hole with the glue, don't make a mess. Ok to go wide, but avoid geting into hole. Again, a little goes a long way.
5. Make sure nut and screw are dry (no liquid alcohol!). Take the nut and screw and either push or screw into the pickup hole until the nut is has contacted the glue. The screw acts as a centering guide and as a clamp to hold the nut down against the glue and the pickup.
6. Inspect and make sure everything OK. If you want to play around I suppose you can dab more glue to the edge of the nut and pickup (why waste good glue?).
7. Now wait until the glue cures - wait at least 24 hours. Do not play around any more, to not touch.
8. do not throw away the excess glue, set it aside. you can always touch and play with this sample if you want to see how the curing process progresses, but do not touch the pickup for at least 24 hours.
9. once cured, unscrew the screw - the pick up will have a nut solidly glued to the bottom to the pickup and it will never strip again, ever.

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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:00 am
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Hey, thanks so very much everybody. Sorry i'm just now getting back to you but i've been battling alittle illness here. Youre help , and taking the time out in life to help another in need meens a great deal to me.

So if i can ever be of any assistance to anyone of you please never hesitate to ask,ok.

I'M VERY GREATFUL TO YOU ALL HERE AT FENDER

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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:53 am
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You're quite welcome. Hope you're feeling better and thank you too!

tennman316 wrote:
Hey, thanks so very much everybody. Sorry i'm just now getting back to you but i've been battling alittle illness here. Youre help , and taking the time out in life to help another in need meens a great deal to me.

So if i can ever be of any assistance to anyone of you please never hesitate to ask,ok.

I'M VERY GREATFUL TO YOU ALL HERE AT FENDER

YOURE FRIEND
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:43 pm
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I like the JB Weld fix. Only thing I might add would be to put some mold release (heavy coat of meguiars paste carnuba wax will work, so the JB won't stick to the screw, and run the screw into the apparatus to fix everything in alignment until the epoxy cures.
Or you could do what I do with JB Weld. Send the children and womenfolk out of the room for this one.
We spend a bloody fortune on guitars and basses looking for infinite sustain. neck thru construction, set necks (glue ins), composite necks, heavy brass bridges that weigh 3 lbs, and yet our pickups are held in the guitar with these flimsy springs, #2 wood screws, foam rubber matresses, etc.
I always throw all that crap out and chop off a mounting block of walnut or ash that I shave to the final height needed, including the tilt from center of the fingerboard to the port and starboard gunwales. Then I JB Weld it in and gently clamp it until the epoxy sets. Try it on a junk guitar first if you think I'm misguided.


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Post subject: PICKUP .......SAD........
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:02 pm
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Hey man, hows it goinh buddy.
Yeah your right my man," JB WELD " is hard to beat. But i want be needing noyhing like that anymore because i think when ever i was taking my pick guard off so many times i must have broken a wire,so i had to get anoter " TEXAS SPECIAL ".

And now my neck is messed up after getting it back from this so called repair shop.

You turn truss rod bolt to right anf it does what it should.Turn it to the left it does nothing........


ANYWAY HELP IS WELCOMED

And i'm almost to the point to where i will be willing to pay........

HELP OR NO HELP, ALWAYS ENJOY TALKING TO YOU ALL HERE AT FENDER.

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