Knob Removal

[SEEGERMANY]

I've got a Gibson Explorer with a loose volume knob. In order to tighten the connection, I must remove the knob. I've tried the trick of wrapping a cleaning cloth around the knob and pulling up. Didn't have success with that. Any other ideas?

Mr G

[toejam]

Try sticking a spoon under the cloth to pry it up. Dental floss will also work, just wrap it around and pull.

[DonP]

I've heard of shoe laces as well.

[jackson1]

uh careful! Maybe heat will help you if you still can't do it. Hold a hairdryer to the knob (not the paint) and heat it up a bit. A bit. Then pull.

[SEEGERMANY]

Thanks!

[Bengal65]

I bought one of these long ago. Pulls knobs and stud inserts!
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Sp...ng_Puller.html

[SEEGERMANY]

awesome

[SEEGERMANY]

1) Heat didn't work.
2) The spoon as a pry tool didn't appeal to my better judgment.
3) Couldn't wait for the "special" tool.
4) Here's the solution. I took an old t-shirt and tore a 1/2 inch strip approximately 20 inches long. I slid the shirt around the post and wrapped twice, then tied a knot and wrapped twice the opposite direction. After tying another knot, I prayed to the guitar gods and jerked that fucker right off!

Yes, it was a variation of my first attempt, but two shots of Jim Beam Black helped produce a "bolder" outcome!

[toejam]

Good times!

[straycat]

Shoe lace works for me.