Nah, it’s not just you mine were similar. Some people plug and redrill the holes, but I took the risk and the screws still went in fine.
My TL was similar, it’s a common occurrence.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Hmm, no, as the putty won't take a drill hole without flaking. Ideally you would use a timber dowel of the correct diameter. I'd stick it in with some PVA glue and let it go hard overnight then redrill them.
If you don't have a dowel (which I don't just hanging around) I'd probably be too impatient and tight to wait to go and get some, so I'd chisel off some offcuts of timber of the same colour down to the right diameter ish so they fit tightly in the hole, and press them in along with the pva. Might take a few bits to fill the holes up, and then leave a bit sticking out the top to cut back and sand flat using your filler if needed. You won't see the repair under the plate anyway, it just wants to be strong.
But that's just me... I'm sure there's probably tidier ways of doing it!
if You can find appropriately sized dowel, plug them with those and some tite bond, else drill them out t a regular dowel size(5 or 6mm) plug it with the same method then let glue set. Trim to body level re Mark and redrill.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Thanks guys! I might go with the "enlarge the hole to suit the dowel" idea.