un warwick related bridge question

[tremor100]

sorry to bother you all with non warwick things...but u all seem like people that could tel me what to do. I havent seena single one of you gys wh0o have a gibson. But i have a thunderbird with a floating bridge. The actual poles the the bridge floats on (the are like screwes that are mounted in the body) keep popping out when it gets about 2 strings tension. Ive tried contact cement...wood glue...i dont know what the hell to do. If i email gibson they will likley tell me to contact my local dealer...but i dont want to pay 50 bucks for some dude to apply glue to my bridge..any suggestions (i think one of the big problems is that because its sealed off the oxygen isnt getting in to dry up the solvant....plsu its a wod body...and the bridge peg is metal.) Thanks a bunch you guys.

 

[hornyelch]

If I understand you right your srews are overdrilled.

One way to solve this problem is that you have to buy some round wooden pole in the thickniss of the holes for the screws. Perhaps you have to drill the holes a little bigger. but hole and wood must have the same size. then you have to stuck the wooden pole in the hole and cut the overlapping rest with a sharp knife. You can use wood glue but if you have no much difference between the size of thewooden pole and the size of the screw holes you don't need glue.

I had the same problem with the screws of my strap locks and I solve the problem on this way.

 

[Goingdownslow]

Here is an excellent forum for gibson bass , might be worth trying, all nice guys, just like here.

 

[tremor100]

thanks guys