Hey,
A good while back I went and bought myself an Iceman IC400, after little to no deliberation whatsoever...(i'd already owned the 4 string ver) It proved to be my second best guitar purchase, following my SG standard... Anyway, after a while, the bridge pickup mounting screws kept coming undone, resulting in the fucker falling into the body. I could usually fix it before it completely dropped in but other times it was a matter of pulling the strings off (which is maybe why it came with a quick-change tailpiece!), removing the surround and re-mounting it.... Very time consuming and ultimately fuckin annoying.
Short of putting a small nut at the end of the screw (which I imagine may end up just working its way off) , or upgrading the pickups, (Yes I still do have the stock p/ups in it and I intend on changing this some day, which may very well be the solution..) can anyone suggest a solution to this? . . I have tried different springs between the surround and the mount on the pickup itself, but to no avail.
Any suggestions are welcome, except if they involve EMG's...
Pickup mounting screw problems..
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Re: Pickup mounting screw problems..
How about a dab of clear nail polish on the screw heads? Easily breaks off when you need to adjust again.
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Re: Pickup mounting screw problems..
loctite threadlock.... bloody expensive stuff though
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Re: Pickup mounting screw problems..
Or for free you can stretch the springs a bit so that they put more pressure on the screw. This usually is enough to stop them turning with the vibes. If that isn't enough, a dab of nail polish, loctite, superglue, pva, snot etc should do it.
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Re: Pickup mounting screw problems..
A solution for every Genre ! - nail polish ( Glam / Emo) , loctite or superglue ( Metal ), pva ( Classic Rock ), snot ( Punk )ash wrote:Or for free you can stretch the springs a bit so that they put more pressure on the screw. This usually is enough to stop them turning with the vibes. If that isn't enough, a dab of nail polish, loctite, superglue, pva, snot etc should do it.
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Re: Pickup mounting screw problems..
If not as much funJenesis wrote:Glue would probably be more hygenic.dclxvi wrote:a load
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