I tempted fate... and WON!

MWR · Post by **MWR** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:08 pm

After reading everywhere that a strap button should be installed by a luthier, I went ahead anyway and did it myself. It was pretty easy too. I don't think I got the posistion exact but its secure and close enough. I was really sketched out at first but I realized how simple it really is. Luthiers probably get a kick out of making ten bucks each time they do it.

gravesRR7 · Post by **gravesRR7** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:26 pm

nice.
i was going to do mine myself but i didn't want to risk screwing it up so i took it in.
but hey, you saved $10, nice

MWR · Post by **MWR** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:29 pm

If my guitar was worth more and wasn't already beat up I would have paid the money.

grock · Post by **grock** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:10 pm

i would never tell someone to do something they weren't comfortable with, but honestly, it is so easy that ten bucks is really a huge rip.

it takes all of 1 minute to actually do and they make ten bucks. seriously rediculous.

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:20 am

Yes, I've done it myself to all three of my guitars. It's seriously harder to get the thing out of it's package than it is to install on the guitar.

smedley · Post by **smedley** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:34 pm

top

i want to get a button installed on my guitar (or guitars), but my guitar shop says that it'll cost $20. is that really too much, cause i see people saying they've gotten it for 5? Should I try to install it myself?

czech · Post by **czech** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:56 pm

how much is your guitar worth?

c_tietze · Post by **c_tietze** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:58 pm

Good for you, glad it worked out well.

To me, not like my axe is way expensive, but I'd cough up the 10 bones just because if Johnny Luthier fucks it up I have some sort of recourse whereas I fuck it up I'll just beat my head into the wall.

czech · Post by **czech** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:05 pm

c_tietze wrote:Good for you, glad it worked out well.

To me, not like my axe is way expensive, but I'd cough up the 10 bones just because if Johnny Luthier fucks it up I have some sort of recourse whereas I fuck it up I'll just beat my head into the wall.

dude, that was like a year ago.
the nice gentleman above bumped the thread rather than starting a new one

smedley · Post by **smedley** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:18 pm

checkii wrote:how much is your guitar worth?

somewhere between 300-400

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:40 pm

how hard is it to drill a hole and put a screw in it?
ho0nestly

Teego Time · Post by **Teego Time** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:47 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:how hard is it to drill a hole and put a screw in it?
ho0nestly

About as hard as it is to type HONESTLY.

czech · Post by **czech** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:51 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:how hard is it to drill a hole and put a screw in it?
ho0nestly

drilling a straight hole by hand, with just a hand drill is actually quite hard. Im assuming at most factories they have a drill press to put the hole in perfect and straight.

if its a $300 guitar, i say go for it. If you fuck up, that would suck, but in the same regard, if you succeed you'll feel more pride in your guitar that you worked on it.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:04 pm

unless your drill spazzes out on you, what exactly could be hurt by doing it? am i missing something..?

smedley · Post by **smedley** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:47 pm

if screw up, is it repairable? like is there some kind of putty or something that i can put into the crack/hole?