Can't get the spike out! D:

[iMuse]

Hey,
I have a problem with my bass, I need to buy a wheel for it, and I need to buy it by tonight so that it comes in time for when I go to an string camp.
I have found the one I'm going to buy, but the problem is, the spike won't come out. I've got a Stentor, and it's new (I've had it for a few months, I outgrew my old one). The spike -I think- is attached (meant to be attached) to something inside the bass. I really need to get it out, otherwise I won't order the wheel, because it's expensive, and I want to know that the spike will come out.

Also, when fiddling around with it, I couldn't afterwards put the key back in place so that it hold the spike in position, so the spike doesn't lock.

Please help me,
Cheers, Rosy x

[teej]

[quote name='iMuse' post='911943' date='Aug 1 2010, 03:07 PM']Hey,
I have a problem with my bass, I need to buy a wheel for it, and I need to buy it by tonight so that it comes in time for when I go to an string camp.
I have found the one I'm going to buy, but the problem is, the spike won't come out. I've got a Stentor, and it's new (I've had it for a few months, I outgrew my old one). The spike -I think- is attached (meant to be attached) to something inside the bass. I really need to get it out, otherwise I won't order the wheel, because it's expensive, and I want to know that the spike will come out.

Also, when fiddling around with it, I couldn't afterwards put the key back in place so that it hold the spike in position, so the spike doesn't lock.

Please help me,
Cheers, Rosy x[/quote]

Hi - I had exactly the same problem and posted on here - I'll link the thread if I can figure out how - and I got some great advice from, err, Subaudio, I think.

There's a bulbous, or in my case, flattened, end to the spike which prevents it from coming out. You need to extend it as far as you can and then saw it off. Push the part of the spike remaining in the plug back inside the bass body. And then fish it out of the f-hole with a magnet on a piece of string or, better, one of those telescopic magnets that look like a cross between a pen and a radio aerial (any half decent hardware shop or market stall has these pretty cheap).

Not sure about your second problem though...

OK... here's my earlier thread:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=29287"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=29287[/url]

Edited August 1, 2010 by teej

[iMuse]

[quote name='teej' post='911957' date='Aug 1 2010, 03:26 PM']Hi - I had exactly the same problem and posted on here - I'll link the thread if I can figure out how - and I got some great advice from, err, Subaudio, I think.

There's a bulbous, or in my case, flattened, end to the spike which prevents it from coming out. You need to extend it as far as you can and then saw it off. Push the part of the spike remaining in the plug back inside the bass body. And then fish it out of the f-hole with a magnet on a piece of string or, better, one of those telescopic magnets that look like a cross between a pen and a radio aerial (any half decent hardware shop or market stall has these pretty cheap).

Not sure about your second problem though...

OK... here's my earlier thread:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=29287"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=29287[/url][/quote]

I heard that you could just unscrew the bit rubber bit at the end of the spike (mine has that) and the metal bit (which I can unscrew) then pulled it out by the spike... But then to get it back in... I think I would just have to put the spike in through the f-hole and hope it goes through! - Or saw it off while it's out... I'll try it tonight!
Thanks for the reply x