How to Fix Your Broken Guitar Pot Shaft with a Straw (Fast and Easy)
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- čas přidán 5. 05. 2017
- I have this 2008 Studio Les Paul and it had a loose knob. I tried to fix it and started messing around the pot... I ended breaking a piece of the shaft. As a college student, I didn't want to spend any money to fix guitar, didn't have to.
What you need:
1. A straw
2. A piece of Paper (fold the paper for a better result, or you can try something else)
3. Something to cut the straw (It can be a scissor)
4. The broken piece of the shaft. (If you don't have the broken piece anymore you can try to use something else to fill the straw, even paper might work, just not as good though)
I did this fix two years ago and it looks and feels perfect. In fact, I didn't even remember which knob had the broken shaft. I removed three knobs before finding the right one, and just did so to make the video.
Guitar being fixed: 2008 Gibson Les Paul Studio
(This works on any guitar with a split shaft though) - Jak na to + styl
This is the best solution ever for this problem!!
What a great repair. Thanks
so glad I came upon this video! just broke two of the shafts messing around trying to get the knobs even.i didn't have any straws so instead I used some heat shrink tubing ive got,not quite as rigid as a straws but seems to work.knobs still a bit wobbly but I can live with it.
Such a genius idea thank you so much.
You just saved me a bunch of labor and frustration - thank you!!!
Genius. Saved the day. Thank you!
great, no nonsense fix that works. well done.
You my friend are a fucking genius
Pretty ingenious. I have the same problem on my les paul but it is a push pull pot. I guess I will have to give it a try. Thanks so much for sharing this
Excellent tip! I went for heatshrink but still works fantastic.
Super glue a couple tiny pieces of a business card, one piece at a time, to the side of the shaft that is still in tact. Use this to fill the space in the split and use barely any glue, just enough, make sure it doesn't bleed into your pot obviously. Then glue the broken piece back onto the pot shaft and connect it to the paper in between the two sides, again using just enough glue. The main reason you just can't superglue a broken split shaft back on is because there is not enough surface to make a good contact, that is what the paper is for. Hold it in place tight for 5 minutes, let it dry over a period of hours. If you don't take your time to let it dry and put your knobs on too soon, they will get glued on.
That is the only way I've been able to make it like almost as good as new. Wouldn't you have to make a new straw "crutch" for it everytime you removed your knob? I learned this method because I had just replaced a pot and the new one broke, I didn't rest all night til I had a permanent fix as I was pretty ticked about it. Wasn't about to replace it again. For anyone who would like to try something more permanent.
EDIT: Appreciate the video bro and not a bad idea. Your method is easier, I'll give you that.
Great 😊👍 I liked the music too😊👍♥️
Heatshrink would be my choise. No need for finding the correct size straw. Good tip though! I'm in a situation that i need to extend my pot shaft and this video helped me to think of the heatshrink and some extension piece. Thank you!
I just did this! Push pull pot on my LP. A spacer made from eggcrate carton and heatshrink. After shrinking I wicked some CA glue between the shaft and carton. Works like a charm.
great tip buddy, thanks☺
thanks bro
Thank you!
brilliant!
This is great assuming u still have that one half that's about a millimeter big... crucial.
My split is gone. Do i have any chance to still fix it? Can I use and old cheap Starsound strat, and cut the split in too and take that as an replacement?
Sensacional!
Hope someone notice me because k lost my knob hmm what secondary can i use? thanks!
minebrokeonmy 2017 les paul studio as well atthe same spot .
Mines bent how do i fix it??!!
Nice idea but just use shrinkable tube and hot air/light it up with fire
The straws in Australia are too damned thin or to bloody big but if I slit down one side it may hold.
put JB weld under the pieces before the straw, then pull the straw off in a day, maybe it will hold
How about duct tape
Or you could just go to Guitar Center.
Using the glue be better.