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    • #4955
      Anonymous

        A quick Hello to the membership, and a question. I’m now an owner of my first Santa Cruz , a Style 1. I live in Vermont, and build guitars as time permits.

        I wanted to pull the end pin out the other day, and expecting it to dislodge like all the others I’ve ever pulled….it wouldn’t pull out. …..does Santa Cruz glue them in ?

         

        Thank you in advance.

         

        Michael

      • #4957
        indexless
        Keymaster

          Welcome Michael,

          Thanks for joining, let’s see what the word is from the big house.

        • #4958
          Chrisakadigdog
          Participant

            As I understand the end pin has a very ,very small drop of yellow glue touched to one side of pin .  LIKELY INSERTED AND SPUN JUST A TOUCH ?  Like index stated, the big house SCGC, would be the best source for answer.  831 425 0999

          • #4959
            Anonymous

              That makes sense Chris…thank you. When I look inside at the end of the pin…I see a small bead of what might be glue.

              The end block is plywood ( the enlightened choice, in my opinion)…so that might be why they secure the pin this way.

            • #4965
              indexless
              Keymaster

                Hi Michael,

                Here’s the WORD from SCGC  ”

                We do put some wood glue on the shaft of the end pin before installing it into the tail block, yes. It can be removed with pliers, and we cover the pin with a wypall to protect it when removing. We do recommend a professional performing this task if someone has not done it before.

                 

              • #4966
                Anonymous

                  Thank you Keymaster.! The pin can stay right where it is.

                • #4969
                  tadol
                  Senior Moderator

                    The only reason I can imagine to remove it would be to install a jack, and if you’re installing a jack, you don’t need it.  As long as you use the SC case, which provides plenty of end-cushioning if you ship the guitar, I’d leave it alone.
                    There have been some interesting threads on the AGF with all kinds of warnings about  “never glue an end pin in” and other things – sometimes I guess I take for granted the quality and details of the Santa Cruz team –

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