If the correct position for the hole is on the centreblock do you need to bother with all the hassle of gluing a piece on the side of the centreblock? Seems to me that simply plugging the hole and redrilling is going to be plenty good enough, and with getting a piece glued on the side of the centre block being high risk for glue spills and blood pressure, not to mention exceedingly hard to do, I wonder if it's worth it.
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Originally Posted by JimC
Not at all sure where you're coming from there, Jim. The way you describe it, you have a hole that you then fill with dowel, and then you drill all the dowel out again. So you end up with the same hole. And the hole still breaches the side of the centre block.
I was understanding him as saying that the current hole is out of position [FX:voice off:no, really?] and that the correct position would be wholly within the centreblock. So fill the hole and then drill in the revised position, which will be entirely within the repaired centreblock. But of course I may have misunderstood.
Build #1, failed solid body 6 string using neck from a scrapped acoustic (45+ odd years ago as a teenager!)
Build #2, ugly parlour semi with scratch built body and ex Peavey neck
Build #3, Appalachian Dulcimer from EMS kit
Build #4, pre-owned PB ESB-4
Build #5, Lockdown Mandolin
Build #6, Sixty six body for Squier
Build #7, Mini Midi Bass
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