Did I ruin this PJ body?

[Corevalay]

Looks like I over tightened the screws when I was reattaching my neck. I didn't notice until I just pulled the neck off again last night. Seems it actually caved in the wood a bit. It's a Squire body, so I assume part of it is due to cheap wood. Is this now ruined or should it be fine moving forward?

 

[SunnBass]

How on earth did you even accomplish that?
I'm assuming a drill or power driver was used?
I'm also assuming the plate is bent?
Seriously, only hand tighten screws.

I doubt it's ruined though.

Oh, and *Squier

 

[bholder]

I think you'll be fine as long as the neck pocket itself is undamaged.

 

[Corevalay]

How on earth did you even accomplish that?
I'm assuming a drill or power driver was used?
I'm also assuming the plate is bent?
Seriously, only hand tighten screws.

I doubt it's ruined though.

Oh, and *Squier

Yes to power drill and bent plate. Stupid move on my part. You know when you know you're doing something wrong, but like an ass you do it anyway? Yup, that's me.

 

[Corevalay]

I think you'll be fine as long as the neck pocket itself is undamaged.

Pocket is fine, just the outside damage shown.

 

[Selta]

It also looks like you fully torqued down each screw, instead of ensuring that it was level, and went counter-clockwise starting with the top left screw (on the provided photo).
You'd think you would've stopped after you bent the hell out of the plate with the first screw :|

 

[Gorn]

I've done that. @StreetScenes bought the body from me. He did something to fix it. I forget what.

 

[fftc]

It also looks like you fully torqued down each screw, instead of ensuring that it was level, and went counter-clockwise starting with the top left screw (on the provided photo).
You'd think you would've stopped after you bent the hell out of the plate with the first screw :|

C'mon. Give the guy a break. He has already shown great self awareness. He doesn't need beat up on!

Stupid move on my part. You know when you know you're doing something wrong, but like an ass you do it anyway? Yup, that's me.

As long as the threads in the neck are still fine I reckon it will be OK. Just use the bent plate in the same orientation as when you did the damage, and tighten the screws hand tight with a screwdriver. It's never gonna look new but should still play as well as it did. And now you know to be cautious when you get your US pro!

 

[Double E]

It is purely aesthetic damage...some woods are so soft that at least a little indentation is hard to avoid.

I wouldn't recommend trying to fix it, I don't think it affects the value as much as it would cost to strip, fill and refinish.

 

[Double E]

went counter-clockwise starting with the top left screw

How in the world could you possibly tell in what order he tightened the screws?

 

[Selta]

How in the world could you possibly tell in what order he tightened the screws?

It's more of a hunch/guess after doing my own fair amount of wood working. It's based on the fact that the top left screw sunk in farther than the rest... looking at it, you see how the top left it the most sunk in, then the bottom left is a little less than top left, bottom right is a little less than bottom left, and top right is least sunk of all. Classic case of severely over-torquing and not ensuring that the piece is level as you attach (usually done in a criss-cross pattern, similar to putting a wheel on a car for instance). I'm not 100% certain that's what was done, but it certainly shows signs that it was likely.

 

[inanimate_carb]

I'd pick up one of these extra thick neck plates and keep on going!

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[Gord_oh]

That's amazing. Never seen that, never done it.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Hmmmm...Didn't know about the Glendale parts! Thanks for the link!

Yeah, that extra-beefy neckplate would be a sure-fire fix!

 

[fretno]

whoo super man strength , nah it ain't pretty but should still bolt up fine . if it were mine I'd get a big fat Glendale plate and rock it
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[fretno]

it's all I use

 

[Wisebass]

Is this now ruined

yes! but fear the dark side of the force it is!

friends are out there to help you!

I'd pick up one of these extra thick neck plates and keep on going!

see: problem solved

may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

 

[Wfrance3]

A 'lil bond-o, some super glue, perhaps bailing wire, maybe duct tape, you'll be fine!!!!

 

[bholder]

A 'lil bond-o, some super glue, perhaps bailing wire, maybe duct tape, you'll be fine!!!!

"220, 221, whatever it takes"

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

You should be fine as long as the neck holds tightly still. Just make sure you didn't strip screw holes.