fuckign basswood!

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:28 pm

I used to think basswood was alright but FFS the strap screw keeps wiggling out of my CV jazz bass and i don't even play it that much and i never do any strange dance moves

cur · Post by **cur** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:41 pm

maybe your bass hole is too big to screw.

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:04 pm

My CV Jazzbass is my main gigging instrument. And it has a hard live with dance and destroy action. It can happen, that i throw it down or into the drums. The bass has a lot of dongs and the only problem is a loose tuner - i fixed with some glue...

Thumbs up on basswood

cur · Post by **cur** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:12 pm

is it loose because of too many dongs?

George · Post by **George** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:17 pm

cur wrote:maybe your bass hole is too big to screw.

omg

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:15 pm

OLD PRO TIP: replace the STRAPBUTTON screw with a NECK screw.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:17 pm

jagsonic wrote:The bass has a lot of dongs

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:58 pm

Five easy steps:

1.Find Matchstick / cocktail stick or tooth pick.
2.Cut to hole length
3.Coat in PVA & insert
4.Leave to dry
5.Fit Strap button and screw

....oh forgot number 6
6. HaZ BeeRz

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:12 am

What othomas2 said.

I usually just stick them matchsticks in there and just cut them to size. No glue no nothing. But maybe I'm just crazy.

But don't skip step six.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:14 am

I highly doubt it's strictly basswood-related. Both the strap buttons pulled out of my alder CIJ Jaguar body, but neither ever came loose on my basswood Jag-Stang from the same year/factory.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:50 am

I thought maybe you were sanding some of that shit. That's the fast track to sadness, right there.
I've never had a strap button screw waggle out, but I would put my basswoods first on the watch list. I still like it for electric guitars though, because it's light and that means I can fling it around better.

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:30 am

cur wrote:is it loose because of too many dongs?

Yes, i think it got loose while dropping the bass into a drumset *shameonme*

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:21 am

othomas2 wrote:Five easy steps:

1.Find Matchstick / cocktail stick or tooth pick.
2.Cut to hole length
3.Coat in PVA & insert
4.Leave to dry
5.Fit Strap button and screw

....oh forgot number 6
6. HaZ BeeRz

you forgot:
7. turn off the lights
8. burn some incense sticks and lights some candles in a circle around the guitar
9. chant, dancing around in a circle, while playing maracas
10. sacrifice a rubber chicken
11. spit twice on the strap button while holding your nose
12. lift the guitar above your head while screaming in ecstasy

of course, you can also just simply put in a toothpick and it will hold well without any glue.

duosonic · Post by **duosonic** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:24 am

don't hate on the basswood. patch the hole and move on.