If you play the guitar, you will have almost certainly experienced the annoyance of a loose jack socket. This is extremely frustrating and if you constantly tighten the nut with your fingers as many guitarists do, it will undoubtably come loose again, and you can break the wired connection inside with the constant twisting of the jack socket.

As with this guitar, the nut can easily be lost and without a spare, or a screwdriver handy, you may find yourself frantically fishing in the hole, desperately trying to find the jack socket and make a temporary connection to get you through. This has happened many times when teaching at schools, so it’s always a good idea to carry a screwdriver.

Another common issue is your guitar strap coming loose and your beloved axe falling to the floor. If this is something that concerns you, you have probably considered strap locks. My favourite strap locks are Schaller Security Strap Locks as in the words of Schaller, “they are indestructible even under the toughest conditions on stage”. I have these strap locks on all my electric guitars, and they are excellent, although I have known guitarists whose strap locks have come undone and game over once again for the guitar.

And then there are other guitar parts that can come loose such as volume and tone pots, adjustable screws in the bridge, and anything that uses nuts on a thread to hold them in place.

It doesn’t have to be this way, and you can easily stop the frustration of guitar parts coming loose and at worst, your guitar falling to the floor in mid solo.

When I was a boy, I built and raced radio-controlled cars. One product that is commonly used by model builders is liquid threadlock. This blue liquid turns to rubber and stops nuts coming loose, although it can still be removed with hand tools if needed.

As this blue magical liquid worked on my radio-controlled car, I started using it on the threaded parts of my guitars, although you must use the correct type.

I was speaking to a guitarist friend of mine the other day and he had never heard of using liquid threadlock on guitar parts. This surprised me as I have used liquid threadlock for over 35 years and I thought all guitarists would be using it. It seems they don’t, so I thought it would be a good idea to create this video and spread the word.

Please share this video and help make guitarists’ lives less stressful by removing the frustration of loose guitar parts, and save guitars being damaged in horrible dropping incidents.

I purchased a new guitar strap recently and needed to remove the straplocks from the strap. The strap locks had been attached to the strap for many years, although it was still not too difficult to remove them with a spanner. A permanent threadlocker would probably have required new strap locks.

Liquid threadlock is easy to use. Simply shake the bottle and apply a few drops of the blue liquid to the thread and tighten the nut. Most sticking type liquids require 24 hours to fully set, so I always leave the assembled parts for 24 hours before use.

I have no idea of the make of this bottle of liquid threadlock as I purchased it from a model shop many years ago. Only a few drops are required, so this is a one-time purchase that will give you many years of locking safety. I will leave links in the description to the liquid threadlock I would buy, and any other products mentioned in this video.

So, there you have it – an essential and inexpensive piece of guitar equipment that you must own. With liquid threadlock, you can now easily eradicate many annoying issues that we face as guitarists.

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