tremolo body bolts/nuts help please

[crzystng]

I am so getting sick of this Jackson. I got the nut replaced a week or so ago, threw on the strings and started the tuning process. I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't hold a good tune, I thought maybe stretching the strings would help get rid of the problem, not a chance. I took a closer look and found the the tremolo is actually raised off the body :amaze: . It appears that the studs that mount into the body have came through. I am just about at the point of using this guitar as firewood now. I figure I will give it one more chance to straighten up or else. So, What kind of glue should I use here to make sure these retainers do not back out ever again? I was thinking maybe some JB weld or something is inline now lol. THX for any help and posted is a pic of what "studs" I am referring to. In the pics the bridge is sitting flat because I have taken the string tension off.

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[Patrick O)))]

Screw them back down? Doesn't look that bad

It sounds like the tread on the screws has worn away the inside of the body. This happened on my top strap button on my LP. I took it to a tech at the local guitar shop and he re-affirmed what everyone on here had told me - to use this method:

~Completely unscrew it.

~Take some wood glue (looks like pva) and a wooden match

~Snap the match in two so you get it to splinter

~Peel off a couple of splinters and with a little glue along their length, push them down into the hole where the screws go.

~Leave 24 hours to dry

~Then screw the bridge back on.

Basically all it is doing is replacing the wood that was removed when originally screwing the bridge on. All that's needed is to push a couple of slithers of wood down each side of the screw in order to give it traction. Pressure from the screw will keep everything in place

I wouldn't trust my LP to the whims of gravity if this method didn't work, and if it can hold a les paul up I'm fairly sure it can keep a Jackson bridge down :thumb:

[crzystng]

The process is very understood, however after doing a little research, the part I am referring to is called the stud. No clue why I couldn't think of their name before lol. They don't actually "screw" into the body, they have a pleated outer jacket. Looks like this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/crzystng/1364_1lgcopy.jpg

I have had a problem with them before. So, I completely removed them, stuffed some small wood shavings inside the hole, and used some carpenters glue. That was a year or so ago now, and they held in place nicely, until now. Which is why I am thinking along the lines of JB weld this go round? Well that or firewood lol.

[crzystng]

TTT 4 some help?

[Son of Magni]

I would just smear some titebond on the sides and tap them back in. With some of the glue in the area between the two fluted parts it should stay put unless you heat it up enough to melt the glue.

[crzystng]

IDK if I said it previously, too lazy to go reread through, but I have had a problem with the studs coming out before so I used some carpenters glue and let them set for 2-3 days before I put the guitar back together. I guess the glue didn't bond well with the metal? Oh well, its a cheap a$$ guitar and I don't think I can really mess it up much more than it is right now anyways. Gonna just mask the area off, sand the old stuff off/out of there and throw in a little JB weld. If it comes out this time it will be with pieces of the body and then I will just turn the damn thing into firewood and be done with it :)

[CCR90]

IDK if I said it previously, too lazy to go reread through, but I have had a problem with the studs coming out before so I used some carpenters glue and let them set for 2-3 days before I put the guitar back together. I guess the glue didn't bond well with the metal? Oh well, its a cheap a$$ guitar and I don't think I can really mess it up much more than it is right now anyways. Gonna just mask the area off, sand the old stuff off/out of there and throw in a little JB weld. If it comes out this time it will be with pieces of the body and then I will just turn the damn thing into firewood and be done with it :)

use some 5 min epoxy. Should get the job done.

[crzystng]

use some 5 min epoxy. Should get the job done.

haha, about 12 hours too late now. The damage has been done :smash: I think it will be fine though. It definitely isn't going anywhere thats for sure.