Guitar Screw Rescue Kit
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- Remove broken screws! Dan Erlewine shows you how to fix this common problem with this StewMac tool set.
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I just love this guys ethics and attitude. Oh yes and thanks to Stewmac for publishing Dan's instructional vids.
High five to the Dan Erlewine, a very cool guy indeed
These videos(Dan's StewMac series) are so uniquely useful, direct, and specific that I had this fantasy dreamed up that the comments section on them would be free of the weirdos and knuckleheads. Reality hit me like a baseball bat right between the eyes. It was a nice dream while it lasted.
Thanks Dan. You are a gentleman, a professional, and a great teacher. I learn so much from watching these videos.
Oh sorry for being weird mate. Of course you're not weird at all....not one little bit. Fucking idiot
Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos and share your knowledge. This one allowed me to repair my Kramer Ferrington acoustic bass. The e-string machine head screw hole had become a rectangular hole due to the nut lossening over time. The tuning key was actually leaning towards the top at an angle and the headstock was developing a crack. I was able to drill it out with a 3/16 bit, sand down a piece of dowel, plug it with the addition of some wood glue, file it down and drill a new pilot hole. so far, it's working good as new. THANK YOU!!
Dan’s book and his instructional videos are the best. Not only have I done changes an fixes for myself, but for others as well.
✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
This man is awesome. Love the videos. It's really nice of him to share his knowledge with the rest of use and his attitude is great.
I don’t even play guitar, but I absolutely love this guys videos. Seeing his clever repairs and hearing him talk about the instruments is very addictive, hahaha. Always looking forward to the next video
Man.. this guy is like a wizard. God bless you and your talents!! you’re brilliant.
Superb craftsman at work ! I just wish I was as good as you Dan !
Many thanks for the guitar repairing tips and video.
Gotten any better since?
Great job Dan, you make it look easy.
Wonderful craftsmanship
Awesome work! Thanks for sharing Dan.
wow those tools sure will make a common repair chore a whole lot faster and cleaner too!
You are the best, I love your work!!! I hope you have some under studies to learn this kind of good technique.
Great job. Common sense. Loved it! Thank you so much for posting this.
Dan is Absolutely the man
I really love the craftmanship of making all the bits and pieces. I wish I had that ability and the tools. Electronics no problem, designing a guitar and assembling it (even drilling the holes) that's up my alley but no further. Anymore tricky and I go to a luthier :D
i see your job as art :)
wow, he makes it looks so easy!
Thank you for sharing
Very nice information!
Hey Dan. My Super Glue Tube has a cap that I can take off when I need Super Glue to stick a wide range of usful items in holes anywhere in an instrument. For instance we here keep a plastic container of 2016 double ended tooth picks, Yeh that's right. Tooth picks! They can be perfect for filling the screw holes left when changing tuning pegs, and you don't care if they match. Just last week my wife visited my home workshop with a Bacon Sandwich (She often uses those to invoke a favor from me!). She showed me how she uses a match stick to do a similar job. Well I took a couple, and the Sandwich and found I could use a mixture of Tooth Picks and a matchsticks or two to plug all kinds of holes that my wife (Bless her) Drills into my instruments frequently. It's a good idea to steal some of the children's Ritalyn a put 2 drops in your wifes tea if you have a similar problem!
Wel I hope this has inspired you to try something new. Divorce can be a lot more expensive than filling a few holes! Greeting from your ever appreciative customer at Malaga 29700 XX
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you
thanks for the videos ,always great..
Beautiful ❤️
a true modern master !
... I know this is an old post . Here's an interesting problem . I was brought a Hollow body Jazz guitar and the owner
decided to screw a strap button without a pilot hole into the side of a maple neck !
Not only did he want me to install the button , but what was I to do with a the broken screw
that he left in there. There was no way to take the screw out. The only thing I could do, is make
sure that the bottom of the button covered the screw and drill a pilot hole along side of the broken
one . It came out really nice...
Amazing!
You are a top man!
with all these great tools, I need to rob a bank just to keep up...I've made a couple myself, but it's a little better, I think to buy Stew Mac's because Dan has fortunately for all of us, been able to make them smart & accurate through his experience.
Thank Dan Your The Man!
Great set. Costs more than the whole guitarkit I am working on. Insurance would call that total loss..
Time to visit the local guitartech.
Hope he has tools like this.
I do like your handy tools but often it is just too expensive. Especially after shipping to europe and tax.
hi im changing out some broken tuning pegs on my guitar..the original pegs had the two "set tabs" but the ones i have brought to replace them don't..thet have screws..my question is is it necessary to fill the two little holes??
Informative
How wonderfull is to have all tools needed to do a job, everything is possible.
Can you use this for a broken screw in the neck heel
What was the name of the drill bit that you use for takeing out the screw
I agree true master.!!!!!!
Definitly the man
What’s the actual name of the screw remover? trying to find them online, have an old le’Dagas that i’m doin lots of old holes thanks. Could you mention the size of the bit thanks.
I have a small brass, or should I say fake brass screw that broke off in my head stock on my Epiphone Les Paul Custom 2005 model. If I can get it out it would be still hidden under the truss rod cover. Its smaller than a guitar plate screw. Any ideas? Only the head of the cheap screw broke off leaving me a nightmare.
Dude, you have a lot of patience.
That is a good idea Dan but I could have taken the screw out with far less of a hole, I've done it before and used a clamp to squeez the plug in just a bit better. Why did you cut the plug off against the grain? I would not have. You do a good job of filling all those holes but I can do it easier and quicker with metal working tools from the 50's my Dad kept. Yes, I do build acoustics and starting a Strat and Paul. I don't have a camera or I'd post the quicker tools and way I've done it.
How does he get the wood with the screw off the guitar once he is done with the first bit? Does he just break off the wood?
awsome! i like real profis like you
After watching quite a few of these, I almost wish a guitar would break so I could send it to Dan! One should be careful what is wished for, though.
The link to this tool doesn’t work. Where can I get it, or what is the exact name so I can look it up.? I have the same problem and need to fix asap.
Thanks
I am always surprised when others believe I am criticizing but I did explain another way in written detail, if I could afford a video camera I would certainly film and post but I am on social security because of several auto accidents. I knew Dan when he first started working for Stew Mac so he is laughing about all of my responses and others. You can purchase the same tools at Grizly for far less. I am well aware of his work history, thank you for your comment.
This will come in handy when you break off one of the cheap screws that come with Stew-Mac string trees!
very cool : )
Like David Lee Roth once said in a song called “Sensible Shoes” - “Nice tight fit, must be my size”.
2 questions.....1.are the plugs shaped to conform to the bottoms of the drilled holes which would be rounded and not flat at the bottom?.....2.when dealing with the stripped out holes on a guitar neck would not metal threaded inserts be more practical once you've gone to the trouble to drill them out?
Thread inserts are a pain in the arse. You have to replace all the standard neck screws with their fine thread counterpart. If someone doesn't mess with the neck on their guitar, it won't need to be plugged and drilled in the first place.
I love this guy. He sounds like brooks from The Shawshank Redemption
cause it can skip and then drill the wood. it's a little more risky method than this. the extractor that dan is using here, basicly cuts wood from around the screw using the screw as it's guide (it doesn't catch on to the screw), then all you have to do is to plug that hole. i think this way is much easier and safer :)
Question!
So I'm changing my tuner pegs on my strat.
The locking tuners I have don't line up and I have to drill them.
What size drill bit do I need ?!
So true, I had modded my guitar back in the 80's and now have small holes in the face of the headstock from where a locking nut was installed. Plus a cavity behind the trem from where a Kahler "upgrade" had been done. *WARNING* be absolutely sure you need to carve up your favourite guitar, there's no CTRL Z.
How to remove stripped screw from guitar?
Who dislikes such a great video???!!!
I bought a brand new Nashville in 1967, and two years ago I finally took the original tuners off for the very first time. There were a whole bunch of plugged screw holes under the tuners, and they had been covered over with the original red finish. What's with that? Anybody?
Maybe some different types of tuners were installed before.
Not necessarily. I gotta do some supposin', here, so please bear with me.
If the guitar was at the factory when this happened, and if they'd originally used a different model of tuners, the holes may have been drilled differently, and whether the old tuners were ever mounted or not, it's possible there was already any number of guitars pre-drilled for tuners when the decision to switch tuners would have been made, hypothetically speaking. I'd need to try removing a plug to even find out if I could tell if a screw was ever driven, and I'm not gonna do that.
If you read my original post carefully, you'll see that I stated the plugs were covered over in the factory finish. That makes it an overwhelming probability that the extra pilot holes (four per tuner) were drilled at the factory before the guitar was shipped. I don't know which parts of construction were in which order, some places may wait until the guitar has a finish and then drill the pilots, and some others may drill the pilots before the finish is applied.
Either way, I can't go back in time and visit the factory to find out. This is my most valuable vintage guitar of the few I own, and I've had it for almost forty years. There was no shop at the guitar store where in bought it new, and I sure as hell never did anything to the guitar like that. It arrived at the dealer's with the same identical tuners that were on all the other Nashvilles I've ever seen from the mid-late 60's, except those whose owners upgraded them. That's what a lot of people did, because these were never very good tuners to begin with.
It was even typical for the dealers to carry the Grovers everybody wanted, and the buyers would replace them when they got the instrument home. There still isn't a luthier on every streetcorner in northern Minnesota, and players often took matters into their own hands. I never replaced mine or removed them until about two years ago, and nobody else ever got their mitts on it, either. I guess I came to the wrong place to ask.
I love when Dan sticks his tongue out.
How do I extract a bolt/screw that has cracked in the bolt on neck ant=d the top half has fallen out but the bottom is still screwed in?
How deep inside the neck's heel is the remaining portion of the neck attachment screw set? If any portion of the screw is protruding from the heel, you could use a pair of Screw Removal Pliers. If the broken screw is too deep to reach with a screw extractor, you will need to use something similar to our Guitar Screw Rescue Kit, but sized for the larger neck attachment screws.
www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Routers_and_Bits/Bits/Guitar_Screw_Rescue_Kit.html
Couple things for you and your pee-pee contest with @BackCarePlus. Dan Erlewine is the "guitar tech of the stars" - he's built and repaired a lot of the instruments you hear on modern recordings, and he has a lot of history (so that gives him street cred here in the US). #2 No doubt other/better ways exist - but now Dan works for StewMac and is their salesperson selling their tools. #3- I do think if you/anyone has a better way - make a video and show us. Help others -don't just criticize.
I just had a thought - if you had no source of wood for the plug, why not cut the plug out of the heel of the actual neck- between the bolt-on holes where it will be totally hidden when the instrument is re-assembled ? Heresy- destructive... or smart use of the original 'fabric'? It would not impact the tone at all and would be exactly the same wood/age/etc as the original.
Just asking; not criticizing, why not use a short left handed drill? often they catch and the screw just backs out... before using the extractor and having to pug it...
i don´t know what to say but hey that´s nice
This guy works faster than shit through a goose.
Why not just use a left handed drill bit? Or an easy out?
The screw is far too small.
I have fixed many screw holes that were stripped with a drop of super glue, it swells the wood and hardens the threads in the hole. You can't use this method on a wallowed hole...
1:12 what's the brand name of that glue (or mastic?) please?
vinnie dolly • Pretty sure it's Titebond wood glue.
Brian May's dad would be proud
The part where he trimmed the dowel with a chisel with no protection to the headstock
Imagine 17 suckers that give thumb down to that perfection.
1:16 to 1:24 ASMR heaven for me ;)
What kills me is that I've gotten rid of so many guitars that could've been repaired rather easily. If I had only known then.... Sigh.
No need for all those fancy tools and jigs. 1/4" drill bit, 1/4" maple dowel is all you need.
You remind me of the guys who attend a seminar and think that they should demonstrate their knowledge by dominating the QA session with their comments and self-congratulatory stories. I always wonder why they don't present their own material, if it is so valuable. Perhaps you should create your own video and demonstrate your skills and rationale for procedures you think are important.
Oh let met me think...... Because, I am not trying to sell tools for Stewmac.
Hulu
"Pee-pee contest" is that the very best you can come up with, that is something children do isn't it, merely offering a different suggestion, no more no less, this is not Russia where you are not allowed but we are free to say what ever we want hopefully nicely. This is about Dan and no one else.
With the Martin, why not just laminate the whole back of headstock? Yes, you have to shave down the peg head .060"-0.1", but you won't see a single plug, hole or patch.
OMG!dan dont do like that with that blade
This guy has no idea what he's doing!!! (haha!)
Always great tutorials BUT Stew Macs prices are criminally high. The screw extractor kit you see him use here is $64.00 for the extractor, the plug cutter, the drill bit and the guide. People also fall for it because they get suckered into some sort of friendly feeling for this company because they post customer comments about their products on their web sight and it's simple human nature that most folks think it would be rude to say something negative. Their are occasional negative comments but I believe that most people feel inhibited about saying something negative.
They have a corner on the market for many items but many things they sell are totally simple to make yourself and other items are available elsewhere for much, much less money.
The thing is that luthiers and woodworkers see all these cool tools and gadgets in one place and that's another reason why they're less inclined to see them as being super expensive... which they are.
Customers pay a ridiculous premium for their products. They get suckered into this feeling that the company cares about them because of these videos, the posting of customer comments on their web sight and the polite phone service. All those things get the customers to pay probably 2 to 3 times what their products are really worth.
I'm sure there are some folks who will jump to the defense of Stew Mac but just remember that of you do that, you're defending a company which is NOT a person.
True. The problem is if you can't make them by yourself, you can't get them anywhere else. This business is too small.
I was unaware that Stew Mac was forcing people to buy the products. If you think the prices are too high, then come out with your own line of products at the price you think is fair. I think you'll find that high quality tools cost money - and specialty tools for a small market even more so. I have no problem with their prices.
Your response is quite small minded and even inane. I never said nor did I even imply that Stew Mac was forcing its customers to purchase their products and your defense of a multi-million dollar company that sells scandalously overpriced products only lends weight to what I stated in my previous post.
In addition, I've been making a living working with my hands and with tools for my whole adult life (I'm 57 years old) and I know very well the value of good tools on a practical AND on a dollars and cents level. A small number of the items that stewmac sells are unique time saving inventions that cannot be found anywhere else, more than a few are everyday tools with only slight modifications that anyone who works with their hands should easily be able to duplicate themselves and most are everyday tools that can be found almost anywhere.
Your statement, "If you think the prices are too high, then come out with your own line of products at the price you think is fair" is no less ridiculous than the childish responses I hear from those thrown at anyone who is critical of anything that the critic cannot do themselves.
For example, when criticizing the composing or playing skills of a musician like a guitarist or the ability of a player on a professional sports team they tell you to shut up because you aren't a professional musician or, you're not a pro athlete and therefore you can't possibly know what you're talking about. My response to that is... "Bullshit!"
I've been a pro sports fan for almost 60 years and I can tell when a player is overrated or not playing well and I've been a music lover my whole life and I know what a good musician is without having to be one myself. I've also been a consumer all my life and when I see many of the exact same products and others that are completely equivalent for sale that are priced at twice the price and sometimes even more than what is available elsewhere than I know that company gouges its customers.
Here are quick two examples of overpriced items they sell that I recently purchased elsewhere (Home Depot).
Bosch Colt Router; Home Depot price-$87.83 stewmac price-$114.95 (More than 30% more than the Home Depot price)
Zinsser Clear Aerosol Shellac 12oz spray; Home Depot price-$7.48 stewmac price-$17.95 (Almost a whopping 140% more than the Home Depot price)
These price difference between the two vendors are typical of what can be found with stewmac products compared to other sellers.
Many products that stewmac sells are available elsewhere and of THOSE products, almost every one is ridiculously overpriced as compared to other vendors. As for their unique items, in my opinion they charge much much more than a premium and many of these unique items can actually be made for pennies on the dollar by anyone with the skill enough to be a good luthier.
I recently (approximately 3 months ago) heard a discussion on NPR (National Public Radio) in which a marketing expert confirmed exactly what I suspected and stated in my comment 8 months ago.
Companies that make it a point to post customer comments do so because they are well aware that the consumer is erroneously led to believe by such postings that customer satisfaction levels are higher than they actually are, the quality is higher than it actually is and that prices are reasonable and fair.
It was also said that those who correspond with such a company are more likely to downplay any problem they experience with the company's product or services, less likely to even register a problem at all AND, even when dissatisfied, more likely to register praise and satisfaction if they know there's a possibility of their comment being made public for the very reason that I suspected and mentioned in my previous post. They perceive the company as they would an individual person and they don't want to say anything negative because they themselves don't want to be seen as rude or even disrespectful. That perception is nothing but misdirected sentiment for an entity which is NOT a fellow human being. It's a huge highly profitable business!
It's a distorted perception but it's human nature and most people aren't even aware that they perceive things that way and don't recognize their own bias. On the other hand, advertisers and marketing experts know this very well and take full advantage of that fact.
I'm American and I have no problem with the profit motive and making a lot of money EXCEPT when it comes to gouging which is, as far as I'm concerned, what stewmac does. It takes advantage of misperception to charge ridiculously high prices to those in a profession that don't generally make loads of money themselves and I would bet that the majority of their customers are not professional luthiers but home tinkerers and musicians who can even less afford their sky high prices. The simple fact that you feel the need to defend them is, in itself, an indication of your own misperception which this company actively engenders and encourages.
I believe that being gracious and polite is a virtue but not when I see unfairness and deception and I don't smile politely and keep my mouth shut when being taken advantage of. There are sad few large businesses that place the value of fairness and fair play above unbridled profit motive and why most Americans don't know this by now is beyond me. Purchase from stewmac only what you can't find for much less elsewhere but most of all, open your eyes and your brain and think before you come to the defense of a company that has no problem overcharging you for just about everything it sells.
You mean "people: like you? You've got a short attention span and no paitience which ends up costing people like you money. If it's too long that's your problem... literally. What's "too long" anyway? Two minutes to read?
And your response is typically defensive for an original post that's simply a whine-fest...you're a "professional complainer" who simply wants to feel important by making specious comments that benefit no one. You go there Mr. Whiney....
I may be very well educated but I would put you on the ground in a second for insulting my DAD like that. I don't give a rats ass about you and I never assume anything EVER, I do know more about wood work than you'll ever know unless your 80. Too many think they can insult on the net but can easily be found and caught.
I'm very disappointed. I THOUGHT this was a place where guitar players could learn how to PICK UP chicks! DAMN IT! I HAVE A PRETTY HARD PIECE OF MAPLE TOO YOU KNOW! :-|
Just buy a cheapest camera in market, and show us how it work.
Since when are you showing HATE to express another opinion, this is America not Russia, you can openly express millions of other opinions, please educated yourself just a little sir?
Thank you very much indeed, but everyone thinks Dan is the guitar fix it God for some reason and he only uses carpentry common sence the same as I have from my Dad. "Self congratulatory stories", nice heading indeed; there is always more than one way to skin a cat which has absolutely NOTHING to do with congratulating myself. Everyone puts out how to video's, are you so devoid of how to idea's which you much be. If you have to watch in stead of reading an explaination how to, too bad.