Many practicing musicians can look back at their formidable youths and recall a tantrum or two. Throwing their instruments to the ground in metronome infused frustration or standing their guitars on end and letting them go to add insult to the impending damage. "I'll show you", I'd say. But aside from a lack patience in the woodshed as adolescents, sometimes things just happen. One of those things, strap buttons letting go, just pulling out of the wood, but you catch it in the knick of time and quickly vow that such a close call won't happen again...

1. Remove the offending strap button and screw from their domicile in the body of the guitar.
2. Insert a toothpick into the hole and cleanly break away the excess toothpick (if the hole has grown like a goiter of neglect, use a dowel).
3. Fill the hole 1/2 way with saw dust and wood glue
4. While the mixture is still wet, insert the portion of toothpick into the hole and let it cure for a few hours to ensure hardness.
5. Drill a pilot hole, slightly smaller in diameter than the strap button screw, into the recently filled area where the toothpick now resides.
6. Screw your strap button back into place and revel in your new found anti-gravity confidence.

What else have you cats done that has saved you a few bucks from the grasp of your local guitar techs?