Pine body P

[ilan]

Instead of the notorious northern ash boat anchor bodies, this '79 has a 4lbs. pine body from MJT. Seems to work really well.

[Alanko]

I've had a couple of pine bodied guitars in the past. The major downside I found was that you get one shot at tightening screws before the thread is munched out the wood. They were soft bodies in general and prone to dings and dents.

[ilan]

Well as you can see I'm not worried about dings Good point about the screws.

[Pilgrim]

Well as you can see I'm not worried about dings Good point about the screws.

Yep, if they strip out you'd probably have to resort to inserts which are glued in.

[Alanko]

Yep, if they strip out you'd probably have to resort to inserts which are glued in.

YouTube luthier Ted Woodford showed an interesting solution recently. He drilled a pilot hole, then used the screw to tap the thread into the hole. He then took out the screw and ran thin superglue into the hole to harden the thread into the wood. I guess you could do this, if you can stomach introducing superglue to a nearly finished instrument body.

[ilan]

I usually use toothpicks for stripped pickguard or strap button screw holes, and solder wire for tuner or TRC screw holes.

Former Ric CEO John Hall once suggested putting some drops of water into the stripped hole and waiting for the wood to expand and dry, no glue, no toothpicks, no plugs. I've never tried this. Maybe it's good for Ric's maple bodies, pretty sure it won't work on pine.