How to Fix Worn-Out Screw Holes on a Guitar
How to Fix Worn-Out Screw Holes on a Guitar
If you've ever owned a guitar then you know that just occasionally one of the strap buttons or trem claw screws may decide to leave its original home and start wandering around your guitar body. While this doesn't happen too often, when it does, it always seems to happen at the most inopportune moment- just as you need to perform! But you don't need to worry, since today I'm going to show you the best way to fix a hole on your guitar.
The best way to fix a worn-out strap button hole, trem-claw-screw hole or really any hole on a guitar.
This time, I'll teach you how to repair a worn-out strap button hole, trem-claw-screw hole, or practically any hole on a guitar.
I've seen and read about a variety of techniques to resolving this problem throughout the years. Everything from cutting and filling the hole with tooth picks to using tooth picks and glue to entirely closing the hole with a piece of wooden dowel before drilling a new pilot hole and on and on and on.
image source :guitarworld.com My challenge with all of these tactics has always been that they take a long time. So here's a tip I picked up while teaching music and working at a piano repair business. It quickly became my go-to approach for mending worn-out holes on guitars when I saw it.
