Kurt Cobain 2012 Fender Mustang screw size for vibrato plate?

jonathane40

Hi, I am missing two screws that connect the vibrato metal plate to the body of the guitar. Does anyone know where I can find these? I have contacted Fender Japan and they don't know because this guitar was built prior to 2015 so it was built by Kanda-Shoukai. I have also contacted Kanda-Shoukai and they said they did not keep any records of the guitars so they don't know either.

I bought some Obal Phillips Tapping screws size M3 (3mm) and they are a little smaller. This leads me to believe these are likely #5 taping screw but the problem is that #5 tapping screws are extremely difficult to find online. I have only been able to find boxes of at least one thousand costing couple hundred dollars!

Does anyone know where I could buy a couple of these screws? Would my best bet be to get M3.5 (3.5mm) and replace them all?

Thanks,
Jon

Al(ex)

Hello!
I'm not quite sure which 2 screws you are referring to. Take a look at this Mustang Tremolo Tailpiece on Warmoth and see if that helps any.

https://warmoth.com/mt1c

Vendetagainst

Ace Hardware sell screws individually albeit they may look slightly different. Either than that maybe replace the whole plate and they come with screws.