I'll just jump straight to it.....
Completing a JB4 Kit, perfectly cut headstock and getting really excited for the finished product.
Pre-drill the holes for the first tuner and mounting screws... driving them in and one sheers off!!!
I thought.. 'Bugger me, that's strange... maybe it was a dodgy screw, or I drilled the hole too shallow and it didn't like it... etc'.
So, I re-drill the remaining 3 holes 1mm deeper and give the bit a slight wobble just to make sure.... then start driving the remaining 3 screws in 1/3 at a time each to hold things steady.. they are all now 2/3 in and I'm just starting to finish one of the 3 and blow me down, it literally twists right off like it was butter as well!!!!!!
At this point, I've got both of the screws on the nut side gone and I'm stunned.
So, out comes a piece of loose wood to test... (granted, it was only pine). drilled hole, insert and happily fully drive screw with no worries at all....
Stunned, I turn back to the bass and say a quick prayer, glance over the remaining screws and they seem to look ok, and begin driving only one of the remaining two screws.
NOPE! Damn thing sheers off at about the same point as the other two did before it!
Now I'm fuming, caus there aint no way the tuner will hold in line now and I'm stuck with 3 practically irremovable, mostly-sunk tiny screws in the back of the headstock.
Guys (and Adam), WTF!!!
Anyone else had issues with the quality of the screws? These are apparently just trash.