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Joined: June 2017 Posts: 8
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316
Location: Pueblo West, CO | Several companies sell strap buttons online, including Stewmac.com, Allparts.com, etc.
It's just a matter of finding one that matches the style of the other one.
Personally, I like the Dunop strap buttons, so I replace the stock Ovation buttons with these. I buy them from Allparts.com |
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Joined: June 2017 Posts: 8
| The thing is that the screws for the buttons I have don't go all the way in. Do I need a special type? |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The "mollies" that hold the screws take machine screws.
You can hunt down the exact thread by bringing one to a really good Hardware Store (not Home Despot).
Or you can contact the Repair Shop at New Hartford CT.
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7222
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | DanSavage - 2017-06-11 3:46 PM
Several companies sell strap buttons online, including Stewmac.com, Allparts.com, etc.
It's just a matter of finding one that matches the style of the other one.
Personally, I like the Dunop strap buttons, so I replace the stock Ovation buttons with these. I buy them from Allparts.com
I only use Dunlop strap locks and have done so since the 80's. First thing I do when I get a guitar. |
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316
Location: Pueblo West, CO | Old Man Arthur - 2017-06-12 9:29 PM
The "mollies" that hold the screws take machine screws. You can hunt down the exact thread by bringing one to a really good Hardware Store (not Home Despot). Or you can contact the Repair Shop at New Hartford CT.
Threads for the machine screws are 6/32"
The mollys or jack nut/rivet nut, as they're also known, can be ordered either by contacting the MS or by ordering them through a company like McMaster-Carr. (See: McMaster-Carr rivet nut) |
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Joined: August 2011 Posts: 887
Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | Actually to be all the way correct the size of the machine screw is 6 and the threads are 32 to the inch. U can always check it with a pitch gauge. |
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Joined: August 2011 Posts: 887
Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | Sorry I should have said the pitch is 32 threads to the inch. |
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Joined: June 2017 Posts: 8
| Thanks All that is the info I needed |
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Joined: June 2017 Posts: 8
| Thanks All that is the info I needed |
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