Rc-4

[Fretworn]

Sorry to hear that Paul. I'm beginning to think that tuner screws are the upgrade option that Pitbull really needs.

[sansan]

What a bluff Paul, very sorry...im looking for one solution on spanish luthier forums and find some possible fixings, all of them requires lately refilling with some piece of wood, like a toothpick or something.

The ones i've seen are:
1. Do nothing, if not the lower springs of the machine head, just glue them with some metal superglue for aesthetics purpose..(just the easy one)
2. If you have a drill press, try to make a tiny hole (or maybe 2 around with the same diameter) near of the screw, and maybe you could extract them with some pliers.
3. get some of this tools (here named "sacabocados") and using the smallest try to carve a hole around the screws, not necessarily entire length of the screw, just enough to get the tip with the pliers and extract them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/9x-Sacabocad...wAAOSwDN1URcp4

[Brendan]

Paul - sorry to hear that - seems that this can happen with whatever screws you have - I've stripped a couple - luckily they were on a bass so it was one of four on a tuner and I could glue the head back on. DB has done a how to in terms of getting the screws out - may be of some help...
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=2742

[Paul C]

Cheers guys, struck on the option of just sinking whats left of the snapped screw into the head stock and rotating the tuner slightly to secure into fresh timber, i've also ordered some new screws from one of my regular suppliers.
I'll keep you posted, in the meantime working on the scratch plate, chamfering the edge ready to start wiring.

[Paul C]

Greetings all,
Right new screws arrived, not totally happy with the line of the tuners as i had to rotate slightly to avoid screws still stuck that i could extract, put the strings on to check for any issues and the action, pretty impressed with the action, just a slight adjustment needed to the bridge. I will strip it back down and sort these out then start on the electrics.

[wokkaboy]

good one Paul glad it's back on track and almost finished. Is that a stain test in the control cavity the darker section ?
Looks like action can come down a bit and should be nice to play.
Have you got a bone nut for this or using the plastic one ?
Any photos of the headstock to see the tuner angles ?

[Paul C]

Unhappy with the angle of the tuners i removed them and refitted, i won't show the back as it is something of a dogs dinner with holes and scar marks, i will address them in time, adjusted the tail as well while i had the strings off. I will start to fit the pickups etc. in answer to the nut, it is the original plastic one, it needs re-cutting to give a better action and in time i may look to change it.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Paul, the angles look fine now, but presume they are the re-adjusted angles. So in this position do you need to remove 2 broken tuner screws ?

[Paul C]

Greetings Wokka, yes i fitted them turned slightly to avoid the broken screws but it put the thumb plates a little too close to each other, i took them all off again and spent a little time to alter each tuner to make it pleasing to the eye.
Next task copper foil the cavities ready for wiring

[wokkaboy]

good stuff Paul on the home stretch to making noise !