Recently the strap button on my 5 year old Sam Bush model Gibson has been coming loose and falling out at times. Any suggestions on how I can secure the end pin?
Thanks.
Mountain boy
Recently the strap button on my 5 year old Sam Bush model Gibson has been coming loose and falling out at times. Any suggestions on how I can secure the end pin?
Thanks.
Mountain boy
There will be several ideas I am sure. If it goes in and is at least a little tight you can put super glue on the pin, WAIT FOR IT TO DRY, then put it back in. You can also use fingernail polish, it works well. A little dab, insert the pin and you should be go to go. It will come out when you want with a slight twist. Now speaking of twist do you twist it when you put it in? Sometimes that makes it tighter than simply inserting it. Push it in and give it a twist while pushing in further, may or may not work. There is tape......... etc., etc......
Last edited by pops1; Mar-27-2022 at 3:30pm.
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The tapered pin in the tailpiece end? there are buttons made slightly bigger,
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I've always used a small amount of Plumber's tape, just to make the fit a little tighter.
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Also, make sure low humidity is not an issue, as that could lead to other bigger problems.
A little wrap of masking tape (not painter’s tape, as it’s too slick) will do the trick as well.
Had the same thing recently. I wrapped it in a piece of newspaper, just enough to go around once. You might have to play with it to get it just right--just enough to snug it up but not so much that you really have to force it.
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As Chuck said, check the humidity where you have your mandolin. If that isn’t an issue, wipe some ca glue on the end pin, letting it fully harden and then put it back in.
Do not glue the end pin in your mandolin.
What I do is apply medium viscosity CA glue to a artist brush or Q-tip, then lightly and evenly coat the endpin hole and then hit it with accelerator. Then I check the end pin fit and use a tapered reamer to touch up the hole to a proper fit. I like the fit to require a couple LIGHT taps with a knocker to seat the pin. On an instrument that I feel pretty sure the pin won't need to be removed for the long term, I apply a dab of glue to the end pin and lightly glue the pin in place. If it needs removal down the road, it's easy to simply drill and ream the pin hole to original size. On my most used guitars I always lightly glue the pin (unless it is a cool old original pin or something not easily replaceable) as I have seen many guitars split like a melon around the sides and through the end block from end pins falling out and the guitar hitting the floor.
If you feel the need to glue the pin in use fingernail polish instead of glue. It will come loose with a twist, and like Brylcream a little drop will do.
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Skip: could you kindly explain why one should not glue the end pin? My end pin recently fell out and I applied a drop of super glue to it before inserting it back in. Thanks.
Personally, I wouldn’t recommend gluing in an endpin either but builders like Collings apprar to disagree with this view. I’d love to hear their views as to why.
Reason? - If you want/need to get it out, you can’t!
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