This is an easy tutorial with lotsa pics for anyone who is doing a tremelo, bridge or pickup modification and wants to fill in the routed cavities. I looked and think this is the only one on the forum, if there is can someone let me know and ill delete it, cheers.
The reason im putting this up is that it was something i wanted to do but was very daunting, even though i did a lot of reasearch there wasnt many pics to look at, so here goes....
PLEASE NOTE.. THIS IS MAINLY FOR A GUITAR THAT HAS A SOLID PAINTED FINISH. IF YOU WANT A STAIN FINIISH LOTS OF CARE HAS TO BE TAKEN SO AS NOT TO DAMAGE OR GET GLUE ON THE GUITAR SURFACES. ALSO WITH A LIGHT STAIN THE ADDED TIMBER WILL ALWAYS SHOW, EVEN WITH A DARK STAIN IT WILL BE SEEN.
ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FORUM MEMBERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS TUTORIAL BY ADVISING ME ON ROUTING TECHNIQUES AND THE BEST SORT OF TIMBER TO BUY.
The tools youll need are different grades of rough sandpaper, from 80 to 120 grit, glue, a firm sanding block and chisels, and if you have power tools, an orbital sander, and router, and of course timber.
For filling the bridge pin holes i used tassie oak dowl...12.5mm x 1800, at a cost of about $7.50,
and for the cavities dar pine,.....64mm x 19mm x 1800 at a cost of about$12.
These can easily be obtained from your local hardware store.