the screws problem!!!

[ItAcHi]

alright guys...need help over here...i was trying to screw out the screws from my pickup guard of my sz320...becos it had rust damn badly...but to my horror..when i was trying to screw it out...nt only i cant screw it out...the screw marking on the screws had been 'rub' away..and become a hole there...

alright now..anyway i can take out those rusted and screw marking-less screws out of my pickup guard??

 

[Jr-V]

Send it to guitar connection. They can remove the screws by drilling,

 

[theblueark]

Try dabbing some superglue onto the hole and unscrewing when it dries first. The other way is to put your screwdriver over the screw, then use a hammer to lightly tap the screwdriver so it goes into the screw a bit. Or use a combination. If it's not badly worn, usually can be removed this way.

 

[ItAcHi]

ok guys..thanks for the help...i finally manage to get the screws out...thanks to my dear old papa...always amaze by how our dad can do things that we cant think of...

 

[Fruitwine]

lol long live the dads! so how did he remove it?

 

[ItAcHi]

hmm...he use a small screwdriver...and tons of FORCE!!!haha...i dun dare to use so much force cos i scare the hole will get bigger..ad make the screw even harder to take out..but he just heck care and use violence to take it out..haha

 

[ShredCow]

So everything's okay? No damage I hope?

 

[thor666]

actually, you can "hammer" out the screw threads (not too much force), then try screwing it out again.

well next time you might want to try something i do: don't put screws on positions where your hands are most likely to be. no screw = no rust. just leave a few to hold the pickguard.

 

[ItAcHi]

hmm..thor666...dun put screws or screwdriver??kinda confusing

and yeah..no damage on the guitar..pickups and pickup guards..only the screw heads were damage..haha...

 

[ShredCow]

Hmmm.... There are screws that are chrome plated right? If handled carefully (don't scratch off the chrome) its pretty durable....

 

[ItAcHi]

alright now i got the taking screw out problem solved..now is the other...where to buy those screws?? davis or swee lee got sell?? cos i go and ask a couple of hardware stores around my hse area..they all say the screw is too thin..they dun have any of it...

so guys..where can i buy the screws?

 

[Jr-V]

Try davis. they have tons of screws

 

[thor666]

sorry screws... haha... you can't put screwdrivers, can you?

well in theory you could... hmm.

 

[hilmano]

my screws are rusty screwed too. cant take them off

 

[ItAcHi]

hahahahahah...ask ur dad to help u take them out...use tons of WD40/..but remmeber to protect ur pickups from it...