Hi guys,
I recently bought an explorer and noticed the b string would slip out of tune when I bent it. Upon inspection I found that the machine head screw on the grover mini had been either poorly installed or over tightened by the previous owner. It now just spins freely and doesn't "bite down". This causes the machinehead to slip a little and detune the string. Is there something I can do to fix this with out damaging the guitar with a new screw hole? ie. a bigger larger
*larger screw thread
Your options are:
1. Use a larger diameter screw
2. Remove the tuner, fill the hole, reinstall the tuner with the same diameter screw.
Option 2 is more secure. When filling a screw hole for reuse, I'll coat a wooden toothpick (or two or three) with wood glue, wedge it in the hole, and let it dry. Then I'll cut off the extra toothpicks flush with the surface. It'll give you some solid wood for the screw threads to bite into.
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Ah... a toothpick.
That's a great idea.
I think that's a better option.
I think using a larger diameter screw would only further damage the headstock.
Thanks for your advice.
