Ah- wrong. As has been mentioned, that's what the repair shop would do- fill the hole with toothpicks or the like.dancerchris wrote: If it is a collector then you don't want to be stuffing junk in the screw hole or even using a larger screw (non original equipment).
Wrong again.Some freaks out there will even claim a tooth pick (you can get hardwood toothpicks by the way), changes the tone of the guitar.
1) the wood involved is very little, both in area and weight. You're talking fractions of an ounce here; nothing compared to the four to five pounds the average Strat body weighs.
2) resinking the screw's going to get rid of most of it anyways.
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