filling pickup route

[SidVicious1978]

im looking to fill in a extra pickup route i no long use the bass was P/J but i just want a Precision pickup
and to spray it sonic blue or surf green or hot pink

any help be great

Lance

Edited March 7, 2012 by SidVicious1978

[Mr. Foxen]

If you are spraying a solid colour, doesn't matter so much as it will cover a multitude of sins. Slice up a chuink of woo and some half dowels, glue into the hole, sand it roughly flush, fill the holes with wood filler, sand it all flush. Or if you want to change the balance you can hide a hole or weight in there. Probably not ideal position, but its there.

[SidVicious1978]

well it will be hidden by the soild cover so as long as it flat i dont mind

[SidVicious1978]

whats a dowel

[SidVicious1978]

im going to fill with wood filler and wait 48 hours the flat sand

[icastle]

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im going to fill with wood filler and wait 48 hours the flat sand
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Follow the instructions Mr Foxen gave - if you just fill the hole up with wood filler then it'll take months to dry and will probably just fall out as it shrinks.

[SidVicious1978]

ok thanks i will cut out some wood to fit it and ideas on what type of wood to use

[SidVicious1978]

i was thinking in making the jazz route square so i can cut and shape a square for a nice fit

[Mr. Foxen]

Any easily workable but seasoned wood is fine, as in one that isn't going to shrink or something, well amtured scrap wood that hasn't been damp or anything. Try and follow the grain direction in case is does shrink some, it will look better.

Dowel is just round bits of wood for the purpose of filling in the gaps for the screw lugs, much easier than carving a piece to shape.

Rounding the hole square is quite a task and generally taking wood off the body is to be avoided. Doing that would be advisable if you weren't having a solid colour and has to avoid seams.