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evolu wrote:
Stick a match stick (or 2) in the hole and re-screw the strap button back in.

Add a dob of general purpose glue for super-stickage.

sphincter wrote: My strap screw has ripped out of the wood and I'm wondering what the hell to do?

The match stick method is a good quick rough fix, for a more long lasting and cleaner fix, make a mixture of saw dust and wood glue/putty (the nitrocellulose and acrylic based ones work best - Elmers or Zar) - fill it into the hole with a small putty knife, ocasionally poking it with a toothpick to let out trapped air, let it dry, sand it, drill a small guide hole, then put your strap screw back in. Good as new. More solid than the matchstick method.

If you're feeling really ambitious, you can make a wood plug.

...andthis guy prefers the toothpick method.

Lots of different ways to do it. Good luck.

I play a Rickenbacker 4003 and a Fender Jaguar Bass VI.

This is mine:



and this one:

rocker654 wrote:

just like mine. except with the badass and pickups i've already mentioned 3x in this thread.

mexican?

Probably. how can you tell?

All I cared about was the tone, its ability to stay in tune under extreme circumstances, and how it handles the lower octaves. I am interested in figuring out how to tell the country of origin for trivia.

On the headstock: "Made in Mexico"

Bridge differences too? Not sure on the basses.

garble wrote:On the headstock: "Made in Mexico"

Bridge differences too? Not sure on the basses.

also the serial number will begin with an M.

like MN8, means mexican, 1998. that's what mine is. pretty simple code. N for ninety, E for eighty, Z for zero, etc.

the bridges are mostly the same as older, "vintage" fenders.

the americans have a string thru body bridge, which is lame. never seemed to do much for the sustain and was a contributing factor in me breaking a lot of strings.

that's just too sharp an angle for a high stress point of a string. i mean, that's where i hit it.

badass bridges increase sustain, but people say the heavy bridge takes some of the bass out. i don't know about that. i never noticed anything.

you can find 'em used for about $25. they pop up on talkbass.com all the time.

if it is an american you can get a badass III bridge which drops right in, and lets you have the option of string thru body or string thru bridge. i broke a lot less strings with a badass III on my MIA p-bass.

1984 ovation ultra gp
1977 travis bean 1000a
1978 travis bean tb500
2006 egc custom 500
1973 telecaster deluxe
1973 hayman 3030
1990s's rickenbacker 620/12
1998 strat plus
1978 epiphone scroll
1978 epiphone strat copy
2004 jap jaguar special
1950's hofner president
1960's? cuenca
1990's epiphone jumbo
1980s aria es335 copy - this thing is really great i think. lovely neck.
1970's/80's peavey t45

and some other things i think. ive got another bean knocking about but i think its not real, or a frankenbean. im not sure. its nice though. i need to sell some of these soon as i need to pay for something so if anyone is interest in anything let me know.

sleepkid wrote:

A... a '58 Jazzmaster? An original '58 Jazzmaster?

Goddamn. I'd, like, kill a hobo for one of those.