Remember: the adventurous man who has not made a misstep has a short shelf life!
Let's say you just drilled through the headstock..
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Remember: the adventurous man who has not made a misstep has a short shelf life!
Mark617
Tele-Holic
Love the toothpick idea
But honestly, leave it. No build is perfect and that is so minute. A little character
But honestly, leave it. No build is perfect and that is so minute. A little character
telepraise
Tele-Afflicted
chocolate wax nail hole filler at the big box store.
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I was feeling sorry for myself about a big scar left by a throat surgery. The doctor said, "A man with no scars is a man with no stories." That ought to be in a song, if it ain't already.
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57joonya
Tele-Afflicted
Same here. Btw gorgeous guitar and color schemePeople are obviously toying with you in this thread, and nobody seems willing to speak frankly.
The guitar has been hopelessly compromised and I'm afraid the only practical recourse is to abandon this project and restart with a new guitar for your future endeavors.
However, it doesn't need to go to waste, as I humbly offer my services for finding a home for orphaned, imperfect, guitars such as yours. Send it along and I'll ensure it is appreciated by a new owner.
That, my friend, is delicious headstock.
57joonya
Tele-Afflicted
In fact I think u were just taking this opportunity to show off your cool guitar . I’m jealous and I might have to build one that looks like it. I might even purposely drill that hole just show how reckless I am
“And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye”
maxvintage
Poster Extraordinaire
Like everybody else said, I'd fill it with a scrap of rosewood whittled down to size, and touch up to blend. You can buy pen blank sized pieces of rosewood at woodcraft. You could even chuck it in a drill and sand it down.
I'd be fussy about it. Get apiece of rosewood, and use a plug cutter to take a 1/4 plug from the piece of rosewood, so face grain will be showing when you plug the hole. Chuck it in a drill and sand it down. When it's the right diameter, add some glue, tap it in, and if needed cut it flush with a sharp chisel, razor blade or flush-cut saw. make sure the grain on you plug is running the same way as the grain on the headstock. I bet I could do that so you'd never be able to tell
I'd be fussy about it. Get apiece of rosewood, and use a plug cutter to take a 1/4 plug from the piece of rosewood, so face grain will be showing when you plug the hole. Chuck it in a drill and sand it down. When it's the right diameter, add some glue, tap it in, and if needed cut it flush with a sharp chisel, razor blade or flush-cut saw. make sure the grain on you plug is running the same way as the grain on the headstock. I bet I could do that so you'd never be able to tell
Fuelish
Tele-Afflicted
I’d just leave it…. Or maybe put a small screw in it to fill it. When I removed the pick guard on my LP, I just put the two screws back in the holes they came from, looks fine to me
TeleTucson
Friend of Leo's
After thinking more about this, the right thing to do is to plug the hole with a short polished 18 karat gold rod level to the surface. Your guitar will have a glint like that from a gold tooth in someone's grin. It will look great against the dark rosewood. Your guitar will be special, and when people ask you can tell them you're not allowed to talk about it.
Wobbles
Tele-Meister
I've done that same thing going the other way for tuner screw.
Ronzo
Tele-Afflicted
If you haven’t tried it already, Mederma is borderline miraculous at reducing the appearance of scars. My 30-stitch facial scar and my son’s thyroidectomy scar were both reduced to almost invisibility by that product. Please try it. It may be of great help.
Rock and Roll does NOT care about a tiny little almost invisible hole like that!
Blues doesn’t care either.
Jazz might, depending on if it’s West Coast Cool Jazz or East Coast Bebop. I guarantee you Dixieland Ragtime don’t care.
Country - well, Willie and George don’t give a hoot, but modern country definitely cares. If you’re modern country, then you better get a plug cutter.
Blues doesn’t care either.
Jazz might, depending on if it’s West Coast Cool Jazz or East Coast Bebop. I guarantee you Dixieland Ragtime don’t care.
Country - well, Willie and George don’t give a hoot, but modern country definitely cares. If you’re modern country, then you better get a plug cutter.
kafka
Friend of Leo's
some bling....drop fill with CA and stick a small cubic zirconium in the hole to catch the light and sparkle... something there to remind you to never do it again....
Tanzanite
ping-ping-clicka
Poster Extraordinaire
Peegoo
Doctor of Teleocity
Muttley: "Let's say you just drilled through the headstock."
[everyone in the room]: "You just drilled though the headstock."
[everyone in the room]: "You just drilled though the headstock."
