Best glue for neck mounting hole repair?

[martyb1]

I have a neck here that has had the mounting holes drilled too big.No I didn't do it I bought it.When I went to mount it,you can tell the screws are not biting like they should.
Now should I just do the toothpick fix.If I do should I just use reg yellow carpenters glue or some CA glue?I have some med CA glue here to.
I suppose the best thing to do would be drill them out with a 5/16 forstner bit and plug them right.I happen to have some 5/16 hardwood dowel here.Probably just answered my own question

[Rich]

I did the toothpick thing for years on my own necks on cheap partscasters, but I haven't done it on any guitar worth more than $100.. Drill it and dowel it, for sure. Franklin Tite Bond is my usual weapon of choice. If you crimp the edges of the dowel slightly with the rough edges of a standard plier, you will increase the surface area for the glue joint by 100%, and give the excess glue a place to go, rather than pushing the glue into a blind hole, creating a void at the bottom of the hole. Don't kill it, just make little grooves (like a splined shaft) and it will hold long after we're gone...

[martyb1]

Thanks Rich.It is actually a pretty nice neck considering what I payed for it.I had to do some shaping to the headstock but other than that looks pretty good.I am just going to throw it on a body for the kid to use until his guitar is finished.Never thought or the plier thing.Only makes sense,I guess that would be why they make fluted dowels

[Rich]

Yup. If you get everything damp before you glue it, you will open up the poses of the wood, andnth joint will be even stronger.