Strap button ripped out

[hannaugh]

So I'm fixing up a pretty screwed up Epiphone SG for the dude I play music with.  He doesn't have a lot of cash, and he got the thing from a garage sale or something. 

I'm gonna have to rewire and replace most if not all of the electrical components, get a cavity cover for it, replace the nut, yadda yadda yadda.  All that I know how to do.  But there is one thing I thought I'd bring up just to see if anyone else has run into this and see if anyone can offer some insight that maybe I hadn't thought of. 

The strap button on the bottom got ripped out at some point.  I'm not sure how one would do that, but the damage is done.  So I'm thinking I'll put in a wooden plug and throw some filler and glue in there with it and then just make sure I use a longer screw when I put the new strap button on.    What say you?  Is this a good plan, or is there a better way that I'm not aware of?

 

[Cagey]

No, you've pretty much got it right. Drill it out for about a 3/8" hole and get an oak or maple dowel rod to fill it. Also, get some 5 minute epoxy. Mix up the epoxy and slobber some of that on the dowel, and slide it in. Wipe off the excess, because it'll cure rock-hard and you'll ruin things trying to sand it flat. I mean, rock hard, and there's no removing it. I know it says 5 minute, and it will be cured then, but I'd give it an hour. Drill a new hole, screw in the peg, and call it a love story. Won't even see the dowel if you center the new hole right. If he pulls that one out, see if you can film it. Should be quite a trick.

 

[Updown]

If he pulls that one out, see if you can film it. Should be quite a trick.

:laughing7:  :laughing3:  :laughing11:

Suppose it's done like this  :dontknow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7iiuPQ_hE&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ARRYsBU-k&feature=fvwrel

 

[-CB-]

A very good, simple, and effective fix is to get a few wooden tooth picks, trim them to fit flush in the hole, take 'em out, cover 'em with wood glue, stick 'em back in and put the screw in the hole (with the button).  The screw will press the toothpicks into the existing wood, the glue will make them like one solid piece, and the screw will not stick to the glue.  Works (nearly) every time.

 

[Neo Fender]

There's always the EVH screw eye solution:

He does this to his new Wolfgangs too.