Starfire IV Newark Strap button screw . New member

Casset · May 22, 2015

New Starfire IV member please help

Hi there,

I recently bought a brand new Starfire IV and I'm quite happy with it, I just saw that the strap button on the neck heel was a bit loose and I took the screw out and noticed that the screw is a bit bent, not straight. I'm trying to find a spare with no success... I have mailed Guild and I'm still waiting for a response, the screw is a #5x1-1/4 Can anyone help me to find some of them???
Thanks

Casset · May 22, 2015

Hi,

I'm a new member, I wish some can help me to find a spare for a Starfire IV Newark Strap button screw ?
The size is 5x1-1/4 I've been searching for more that one week with no success...

Thanks

Default · May 22, 2015

Moved to proper forum...

txbumper57 · May 22, 2015

Default said:
Moved to proper forum...

Where did you move it to Default? It's not showing up in the Archtops and Semi hollow/ Hollow bodies section?

Casset · May 22, 2015

I forgot... Is a Newark St

fronobulax · May 23, 2015

Fixed the move. This is why we don't usually moderate from our phones

DThomasC · May 23, 2015

One option would be to buy a new strap button that comes with a screw. Not the cheapest way to buy screws but they only cost a couple of bucks.

SFIV1967 · May 23, 2015

Isn't this just a standard screw that every Lowe's or other hardware store would have???
Ralf

Casset · May 23, 2015

I haven't been able to find any of those, the most common ones are #6x1, I couldn't find any original strap button either.
Ps. I live in Spain so here we do have metric sizes not imperial...
Any of you know how to get them???

Casset · May 23, 2015

By the way, I think that those screws are metal sheet instead of wood ones, am I wrong?

DThomasC · May 23, 2015

They might have a screw that will fit, but it won't look right. You really need a chrome plated phillips with an oval head.

Maybe in the section with special furniture fasteners...

SFIV1967 · May 24, 2015

DThomasC said:
You really need a chrome plated phillips with an oval head.

Sure, Stainless Steel or Chrome Oval Head Phillips Sheet Metal Screws are available in many sizes in hardware stores, just enter in Google for instance. Or look for "strap button screws" in Google picture search, plenty available! Use Allparts for instance. Not sure where the problem is. No need to call Guild for one I'd say...
Ralf

dapmdave · May 24, 2015

Music stores often have a big box of leftover spare parts. If you just go into a few and ask I'll bet one will turn up.

Casset · May 24, 2015

No success so far...
I've been looking everywhere...

Default · May 24, 2015

fronobulax said:
Fixed the move. This is why we don't usually moderate from our phones

Sorry, I was on the road to my youngest kid's graduation. Indiana is a black hole of non-connectivity, once you leave town and start driving through cornfields... ;-(

AcornHouse · May 24, 2015

fronobulax said:
Fixed the move. This is why we don't usually moderate from our phones

Default said:
Sorry, I was on the road to my youngest kid's graduation. Indiana is a black hole of non-connectivity, once you leave town and start driving through cornfields... ;-(

Fixed? It's still in the solid/chambered section.
(Who screens these moderators anyway?)
:tongue-new:

AcornHouse · May 24, 2015

Are you sure it's a #5 screw? How did you figure that size? I would look for a #6.

GAD · May 24, 2015

Have you tried contacting Guild?

http://guildguitars.com/support/contact-us/

AcornHouse · May 24, 2015

GAD said:
Have you tried contacting Guild?

http://guildguitars.com/support/contact-us/

In the thread he started in the solid/chambered section, he said he emailed them, with no response yet. (We've seen a number of posts about their slow email response rate.)

fronobulax · May 24, 2015

Fixed. Better?

What I fixed before was that there were two threads that should have been one.

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