Strap Pin

PeteyBass

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Hey guys, do any of you have a trick to keep the plastic strap pin locked in place on a 60’s Starfire. I have used a small cut of thin cotton with a drop of glue. But I never feel comfortable, and I have had one pop out during a gig.

Thank God I caught it!
 

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Wow, I didn't know they were plastic :? Is that stock? I'd replace that sucker immediately with a solid metal one with a slightly larger screw. FYI -- a common trick is often to break up a toothpick and insert it into the hole, then the screw will have more wood to grab.
 

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You could remove the plastic pin, fill the the cavity with a dowel, the tip end minus the tip itself of a drumstick
works well, then attach a strap lock post right next to the filled in hole.
The screw will make contact with the center block inside the body.
I did that with a JS II bass and a M-85 bass.
Never had to worry about slipage again.
On my newly acquired 68 Starfire II, I am leaving in the plastic end pin.
 

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fronobulax said:
Nope. Mine's never popped out. One more thing to worry about :(

Spoke too soon. I was using a new leather strap (one of these, in fact). The strap is pretty stiff and when I tried to get it off the end pin the pin popped out. It's back in with nothing but friction and seems pretty tight but that's probably the last time I use that strap on that bass, at least until it gets broken in.
 

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jp said:
Wow, I didn't know they were plastic :? Is that stock? I'd replace that sucker immediately with a solid metal one with a slightly larger screw. FYI -- a common trick is often to break up a toothpick and insert it into the hole, then the screw will have more wood to grab.
They're tapered pins so there's no screw.

I fixed one of mine by glueing a small tapered strip of sand paper in the hole and then tapped the pin in with a rubber mallet.

If you're gigging hard with it, I would go with the strap lock route as mentioned above.
 
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