My friend purchased a used Bass yesterday. It is in great condition and plays awesome.
the dude he got it from was an idiot who was completely high... and I am pretty sure was completely stoned out of his mind when he figured this was a good ideal...
So my friend wanted to install strap locks and we were unscrewing the screws for the original strap pins when suddenly the head broke off. I was pretty shocked and I looked inside the hole (the rest of the screw is in there but not too deep) and it looked like the screw was glued in. So, my buddy texts the dude and he replies, "I glued them so the strap wouldn't pull off on stage." Yeah, something like that could make sense, but this is why I think he was completely baked when he did this, he wasn't using strap locks... just a regular strap. So, we ask him, "Did the screws ever pull out?" he replies, "No. I just figure the glue would make it sturdy and the strap would slip off less."
WHAT THE HELL? Does that make any sense? I could see it making sense if you were using strap locks and you would be afraid the screws would pull out, but thats still pretty unlikely... at least, it never happened to me. *Please note that I adjusted his spelling and grammar* haha.
So, my question, what can we do to get the rest of these glued in screw pieces out? normally, I would say just move the new screw over a little, but this bass is an ESP LTD forest 255 and the upper horn part for the top strap pin is a little thin....
the dude he got it from was an idiot who was completely high... and I am pretty sure was completely stoned out of his mind when he figured this was a good ideal...
So my friend wanted to install strap locks and we were unscrewing the screws for the original strap pins when suddenly the head broke off. I was pretty shocked and I looked inside the hole (the rest of the screw is in there but not too deep) and it looked like the screw was glued in. So, my buddy texts the dude and he replies, "I glued them so the strap wouldn't pull off on stage." Yeah, something like that could make sense, but this is why I think he was completely baked when he did this, he wasn't using strap locks... just a regular strap. So, we ask him, "Did the screws ever pull out?" he replies, "No. I just figure the glue would make it sturdy and the strap would slip off less."
WHAT THE HELL? Does that make any sense? I could see it making sense if you were using strap locks and you would be afraid the screws would pull out, but thats still pretty unlikely... at least, it never happened to me. *Please note that I adjusted his spelling and grammar* haha.
So, my question, what can we do to get the rest of these glued in screw pieces out? normally, I would say just move the new screw over a little, but this bass is an ESP LTD forest 255 and the upper horn part for the top strap pin is a little thin....
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