strap holes stripped. what to do?

[poseyj]

I don't know the lingo, but the holes that the metal things go into that you hang your strap on, The original ones fell out because of constant jostling around. So now I bought some new ones, but theres nothing for them to thread into, so they fall out too.

Someone said I could fill the hole with crazy glue and put the screw in, but is that a good idea? Or Should I drill new holes altogether?

[TomN]

Toothpicks and woodglue will do it.
You don't really need the woodglue, but it will help.

[Exothermia]

I've heard of people using glue and toothpicks but I personally would much rather just use a wider, longer screw. In old guitars, the screws used to hold the strap buttons on were the same as the ones used to hold the neck on. On newer guitars (and I mean imported Asian guitars) I've seen the screws holding the strap buttons on were only slightly longer than the ones used to hold on the pickguard. If yours stripped out they were probably small, crappy screws in the first place. So consider getting superior ones anyway.

[PappaPat]

If you're any good with tools, drill them out and dowel them. If not, stick with the aforememtioned toothpicks and wood glue.

[Monkeyboy]

Yeah, you don't even need the glue... just put matchsticks or toothpicks in the whole, and then screw into them. I've done it on a couple of guitars, and it works great.

[xXWylde_ManXx]

This happened to me, and I just drilled a new hole. It works for the most part, but it's still kinda loose...

[willjoe]

I did toothpicks and woodglue yesterday, seemed to work out just fine.

[iamadoorknob]

I didn't even have toothpicks and I just took a small scrap of paper and folded it a bunch of times and then shoved it in the hole. Worked like a charm.

Everyone on here told me it wouldn't work, but it's been over a year and theres still no signs of weakness in it.