Almost entertaining:
Mason and Hamlin AA. During teardown came across two screws in the
plate just south of the hitch pins for,uh....about F5 and C7 (ish)
Y'know.... those. Anyway, they both act like the impact driver broke them.
Spin, but won't come out. No amount of magnet/screw holder/blade under the
edge.... nothing would pull them out. Oh well... they're busted.... they'll
behave when we jerk the plate. First thing to notice is that there's no
hole in the board or post or anything where the screws are. Then, with the
plate down in the rack... there's the nuts! Sure enough, there's nifty
little nuts on the underside of the plate to hold these stubby little #18s
in the plate. Turns out there's no beams below that tenor area, either.
Yeah, the spider is there. One dorsal beam, and one angled cross brace to
the bass.
Ya just never know, eh?
Funny,
Guy
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