Suffered some minor battle scars last night..

[roccobladr]

WARNING! The following picture may upset some users.



NO, I did not have ernie ball strings on my bass. They are coated DRs. The color was just amazing and looks SWEET under blacklight, but I found out the hard way that they just dont last. I had 2! of them break last night! the low B and E, thankfully I always keep my old strings in my gig bag.

But also, my strap peg broke!! I use ernie ball strap locks on it and the screw just broke in half leading me to resort to duct tape.

The low B i was able to replace during the second set, but the E string broke on me during our encore and im just thankful i had that B strung on there to compensate!

EDIT: This is worse than I thought!!! The bottom half of the screw is stuck inside the bass!! How can I fix this?!

 

[jlepre]

You do know you're supposed to play the bass with your fingers RIGHT?

 

[five7]

You need a backup.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

How animated are you on stage?

 

[roccobladr]

I guess too animated! haha i love jumping around and getting the crowd pumped up

I posted an edit on my original post. The bottom half of the screw that broke is stuck inside the bass! I cant screw anything else in there! HELP!

 

[fly]

that's how she was meant to be played man.........good for you.

and now get her all fixed up,and go at it again.

 

[MSilvers]

Ouch. Yeah I used DRs for a little bit, but once the high G string on a brand new set broke the day I put the new set on! After that I switched to Roto-Sounds for a while and now Ernie Balls.

 

[J Romano]

You can try some needle nose pliers. You may have to enlarge the opening a little to get a grip on it. They make a small needle nose vice grip that would be better for holding power. Or take it to a good shop for repair if you want to minimize damage. May need to use a longer screw next time to hold strap lug. I've had to use some hard wood (thin) spacers in holes at times for different screw sizes when changing lugs due to different size screw heads. A little wood glue (sparingly) helps to bond the hard wood in.

 

[JayDawg]

Take some pictures of the busted screw in the hole then contact Music Man customer service and see what they recommend.

 

[danny-79]

The bottom half of the screw that broke is stuck inside the bass! I cant screw anything else in there! HELP!

OUCH!!!
The strings well, it happens but the screw..... depends in how far into the body it is either way its a fiddly job but not impossible to extract.

 

[smokey]

EDIT: This is worse than I thought!!! The bottom half of the screw is stuck inside the bass!! How can I fix this?!

I haven't had any experience trying this method, but I have been informed that using a soldering iron to heat up the screw can assist. Essentially, the screw expands in the hole from the heat, then when it cools, it is smaller than the hole and you grab it with some neddle nose pliers and pull it out. Obviously be careful to not overheat the screw and burn your SR5.
To get the new screw to grip, (as someone else previously advised) you can shim with smaller sections of wood. I have used toothpicks before to assist when changing straplocks to ensure secure contact.
Can anyone else confirm the soldering iron / heating the screw method?
Cheers

 

[roccobladr]

apparently there is a tool I could get thats a little tube with teeth on the end of it that would extract it, but this type of work is not my forte lol. I know a luthier who I think I might just take it too. He said it shouldnt be too much trouble, just might have to drill another little hole next to it ! But oh well, it couldnt be perfect forever. Just as long as it plays and sounds good, then I dont care what it looks like! Would just like to have paid it all off before something happened to it haha