How To Fix Stripped Pickguard Holes. Sharpen My Axe
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2019
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WOW. Ive been using the toothpick technique for years now, but never thought of using the push pin (or as we in the northeast u.s. call thumbtacks) to get the screws centered.
This video re-assures why i LOVE your channel. Thanks Phil
Thanks Phil just like always your info is spot on 😂 simple fixes to save so much
money. Keep a German brother much appreciated. Thanks.
Another great tip from the McGuyver of Guitarology-thanks Phil 👍
I just love these tips. Please make more
I thought I knew this technique but you can always show something new. Using a pin is ingenious and I’ll definitely remember it next time I have to do this. Thank you!
The push pin 📌 strategy is a nice, new addition to this technique. Many thanx, Phil! 👍✌
One of the most useful tips I received in my early days of doing my own repairs. (Along with the miracle that is baking soda and super glue) Thanks for this update!
I use match sticks for stripped end pins. I never thought to try a pin to centre the screw. Awesome idea, Phil.
The 'push pin method'! great idea for spreading wood across the inside rather than to one side... I know I'll be doing this at some point... Thanks for the tip...
Great tip Phil! Have done this many times over the years too.
Thank you SOO much Phil!! You are a life saving, genius. You inspired me to learn how to clean, solder and maintain my instruments to the point where I am now using my decade old first-ever guitar to work on as a project instead of it rotting away in the closet as it had been. Changing pick ups, the pickguard and also learning how to set them up - super exciting!!
The old toothpick and wood glue “trick”. Like your stick pin idea 💡. Always learning something new from you Phil. Thanks.
Fantastic! I didn't know this trick! I'm gonna try this out.
Push-pin trick - brilliant!
Brilliant tip Phillip!! I've always cut a few milimetres off the sharp end, glue then stuff the toothpick in and it did a meh job, I'll be trying it your way next time and I'll bet it'll work as you said! You da man!! Who da man? YOU DA MAN!!!!!!
I knew the toothpick trick but not the stick pin. What an ingenious idea.Thanks
Thanks Phill, great and very useful Tip, Cheers
Amazing video.
Great tip!
Thanks so much!! Easy DIY fix.
Great video once again Phil. One other way is to drill a small pilot hole with a drill, one around 1.5mm and then put in the screw. That's what the pin is essentially doing. It's creating a small pilot hole for the screw to fit.
Great tip on the push pins new item for the tool box. I like the cracker barrel tooth picks they are hickory.
That trick really works for any wood screw hole that's stripped, not just guitars.
Nice, I actually have this problem right now on one of my strats. Perfect timing
Did it work?
@@oldandeerie yup!
I use flat toothpicks. Insert one into the hole until it stops. I'll use the wide end of the toothpick if it will fit. Break it off flush. Repeat as necessary to fill the hole. Once the hole begins to get filled up I'll switch to the narrow end of the toothpick. Glue is optional. Never suffered from a misaligned screw afterwards. Been doing it this way for 40 years. It works fine. The most common need for this repair is stripped or worn strap button holes. That's about the only time I use glue and only in case of an extremely worn screw hole. Phil's method looks like it leaves a lot of empty space near the surface. My method refills the hole almost entirely and give the screw plenty of wood fiber to grip into.
Never saw the push pin tip. Good stuff.
Very nice 👍
Hey! That's my trick using the pin! I thought I was the only OCD one when it came to the toothpick trick,lol!
Yeah that's a heck of a lot. Better doing it that way. Goes to show ya even the run of the mill in repair tricks can always be improved
My father taught me this trick when I was a young boy. I wonder if young people learn these things today. Nice technique getting the push pin out without pulling out the toothpick.
Great tip Phil! Thanks man!! Hope your having an awesome time at TGU19
I don't want to split hair, having not enough to use them for this, but:
Most toothpicks are made of beech.
You need a wood that does not splinter, therefore beech is perfect.
I've never have seen toothpicks as white as maple gets.
Tooth pick and wood glue. I been doing that for a long time.
The tooth picks work great on any holes. Often if you upgrade your tuners you are left with holes.
Indeed, I've used it multiple times on strap holder holes that have become worn out.
I got a cheap guitar to mod, made out of basswood and every time I took a screw out there's sawdust, gonna have to fix a lot of the holes but I'm gonna drill them a tiny bit bigger and put dowels in.
If i have too big hole, i put paper there, that way stucks the screw too :)
For non-structural holes that are barely stripped, like when they tighten but just won’t snug up quite like they should I’ve even just dripped the inside of the hole with regular super glue. It gives it just enough for the threads to grab onto and usually there’s a little leftover wood dust in there which I think helps. I usually do it twice, two light coats, and screw it back in after giving it awhile to dry. I haven’t had to redo one “the right way” yet but it’s definitely a quick one like the tip in this video. I wouldn’t trust it with anything major or structural but I’ve done a lot of pick guard holes both ways and had pretty good luck with both. Just thought that might help someone who wasn’t yet anywhere near doweling and wasn’t quite to the toothpick phase either but would still like something to be just a little bit more snug.
Appreciate the info. Some of the screws in my squiers pickguard are threading all the way down, and feel pretty snug, but are still spinning. I'm not sure I want to go the toothpick route just yet, so I'm going to give the superglue a shot. About how many drops of super glue do you recommend per coat? thanks!
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I've been doing this sort of thing for years. Here's a tip:
A wood shaft cotton medical grade [ not necessarily sterile ] swab has a diameter almost exactly the same as a factory Fender pick guard screw. So the wood swab shaft will usually fit very well into a pick guard screw hole. I fill a slew of these, as replacement pick guards don't always line up exactly
Another tip: Buy some small medical tubing with an ID a bit smaller that a pickup mounting screw. Use that tubing instead of the obnoxious springs are are a PITA to use, especially on humbuckers.
Final tip: Save the cut-off tip of that round toothpick to fill any holes from changing out tuning machines, where the holes that secure the machine heads from turning may not be exactly aligned with the replacement tuners.
I use a similar technique, but instead use thin super glue and tight rolled up pieces of paper twisted into the holes. The glue soaks into the guitar body and paper then sets hard. You can then drill new pilot holes and screw directly into the body again.
What a nice tips! Sure its a good thing to do, but will it devalue the guitar? Or if i fix it with very clean look in result, i supposed it will not decrease the value isn't it?
perfect. now, show us how to cut custom pick guards!
Hey Phillip, I have a bass guitar that I picked up really cheap. Ibanez SR500. All works well but apparently it was dropped and it looks like it landed on a tone knob and the wood has caved in. Wished I could show a pic. What’s the best way to repair?
Hi! Big fan of sharpen my axe and was wondering if i could send you my les paul studio, it has a sizeable crack from the nut down the neck. I think it would be a testament to your skills
I thought this was going to be really stupid. I'm really glad I was wrong!
You can do the same fix on the strap buttons if they become striped and if the toothpick is to small you can use a stick match
What chemical would you use to strip polyurathane paint off of a guitar? After scraped off, do I need to neutralize it with another product, or just sand it? And what type of stain and finish coats are best for a satin finish? How do I preserve the binding? Thanks Phil!
I drop a few drops super glue into the holes when I first get a new guitar. Then when I do work on guitars I know the holes won't strip out as the glue reinforces the holes ☺
I have a stripped screw on my Ibanez fixed bridge. I was contemplating doing this technique to fix it.
Would this be enough for a bridge & the tension it has ??
I have done this but I use a scratch awl.
Shrinkage sucks Thanks Philip
stick pin?
I wrapped a strap lock screw in pipefitters tape. It worked too. I would not do that on anyone guitar but my own. Cos I agree it looks dinky.
Can anyone explain further for a noob? Does this process require multiple toothpicks in one hole? After the toothpick/s set in, then drill a pilot hole? Or what, just try screwing in again? Great video but I'd like to know exactly how to finish the process.
Is the Jaguar video in the making? I reaaaally want to see it because I’m thinking of buying one and I don’t have a clue what all those switches are for haha
All those switches do cool things..but when I use one in the band I keep it in one position all the time...never even use those switches..lol
But the switches are cool to play around with when your just by yourself! Keep on rockin,kid!
Hello I have a problem, not just the nut hole is incorrect but the pickups hole also didn't match , is there any problem to fix it?
Will this straighten a crooked factory screw?
I'll try it this way with the push pin and rescrew, I'll let ya know
I use toothpicks
I do it with paper I take a tiny piece, enough to fill the hole and just drive the screw in 😂
Big fan of your videos, I need some assistance in verifying/authenticating a couple of guitars...are you interested in helping me out? (not for free)
I thought it was just me that did this
Will there be a FAQ this Friday? :)
You just use wood filler like, kwikwood and re drill it
Jay McDanieL why don’t you want something that hardens? Kwikwood takes all of 30 seconds. Much easier and faster. If you don’t want something that hardens because the screw will be slanted, then you suck at drilling. The wood is hard when its drilled the first time.
Pff...no need glue, with a toothpick that has already been used, after eating.
In my opinion wood putty is a better solution. Toothpicks and wood glue arent a permanent solution.
Is it too much to ask that they just put the disfunctional stoners in shipping? Straight holes should be a quality standard at $800. The OCD is no joke when you disassemble a mim.
Pfff...with matches, no spikes
Or you can screw following the groove so it never gets wider and you'll never have to make that mess with shitty wood on your guitar.
Great tip!