Issue with Screw quality on supplied hardware

[fender3x]

I probably spent $10 buying high quality stainless screws to mount pickup covers, tailpiece, strap buttons and tuning machines. I got them in lots of 50 or 100 so I have many more than I need, and am happy to share...

They were not expensive, and I figured any of the no name Chinese parts I *dont* need to replace are great.

If Schaller sends me crap screws I'd be angry. I have to say tho, when I now have two basses with cheap Chinese tuners that work as well as my Schallers I am just delighted to change out the screws.

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[Dedman]

Probably very true. Yet if the factory know that a supplier is selling them poor goods, then surely they should be doing something about that supplier?

and as is the way of that land they would go to the supplier and say "We need better screws" and the supplier would say what the factory wants to hear. "OK we will do that" and then do nothing.

As a couple of knife companies I used to deal with found out, the only way they could get constant 100% QC was to have someone actually calling on the company regularly and unexpectedly. They CAN make stuff as well as anyone on the planet but the corner cutting ethos runs deep.

[DrNomis_44]

You can also use Lip Eze instead of wax or soap to lubricate the screws so that they have less of a tendency to break.