Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

[TrippyBudz]

Hey guys, had a quick question.

A buddy of mine gave me some sh 13 dimebuckers and it seems the feet are stripped/split. They’re all plastic, no metal inserts and I’m wondering what the best way to go about a permanent fix is, without damaging the pups/changing the tone. I have them rigged up somewhat but I need to adjust their height more and hate having to take my Floyd claw out everytime and remove the whole pup to re-rig the height.

Probably a simple question for you guys. Thanks

 

[jeremy]

Re: Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

glue a metal nut the right size to the foot?

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

I used two part epoxy to fill the holes in a set of blackouts that were damaged. After it dried I drilled and rethreaded the holes.

 

[SAguitar]

Re: Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

I would solder a nut to those poor feet and rock on. Oh wait, you said they were all plastic, sorry.

 

[TrippyBudz]

Re: Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

I would solder a nut to those poor feet and rock on. Oh wait, you said they were all plastic, sorry.

:doh: yeah thanks you got jokes. I’ve heard before that they’re plastic for the tone. (Hence why I won’t glue a nut

Guess I’ll just go with the epoxy then thanks y’all

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

Gluing on metal nuts will not mess with the tone. The base plate is plastic but a brass nut on each end will have nill effect. Bill Lawrence even used threaded brass inserts for a while and he is the one who invented the pickup in the first place.

If you really don't want that then glue plastic to the bottom of each ear as reinforcement and then drill new holes.

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

glue a metal nut the right size to the foot?

This worked great on some Dimarzio pickups I had that were stripped at the feet. I just used your typical CA superglue.

 

[Juanhanglo]

Re: Silly question: Dimebucker feet damaged

Because they are plastic, you can use one of the following

Epoxy over the whole mounting tab. Drill through after for mounting hole

Do the same with crazy glue. This is not as strong.

Epoxy or crazy glue a nut underneath the mounting tab. This way, if it breaks free, your pickup won't drop into. The cavity.


For metal mounting plates, soldering a nut is easiest.
I have also had some success with a punch and hammer when I wanted to use a body mounted pickup in a pickup ring. I hammer/work the metal around the hole a bit to stretch it out some and close up the whole a bit. Works great if the screw used originally wasnt much bigger than the hole.