Filling Cavities

[zeppelinchld]

does anyone hav any tutorials or any advice on how to fill cavities? specifically strat cavities

[CrazyManAndy]

I'm pretty sure the standard procedure is to cut a block of wood to fit the cavity and glue it in, then you just route your new cavity.

CMA

[zeppelinchld]

the cavity im filling isnt very evenly cut. its a pretty hacked up strat cavity. should i bondo over it or sumtin to fill the edges?

[CrazyManAndy]

Do you mean to fit a block in and then fill the edges to make the surface even? I suppose that would work. Usually, if you have a very bad cavity, you would route the wood around all the way out until you have a nice clean cavity to fit a block in.

I don't see why you're way wouldn't work. I assume the pickguard would cover it? Or are you going to finish it?

CMA

[zeppelinchld]

i dont have a pickguard anymore, i dont know where it went, so im filling the front then rerouting from the back similar to the newer sqires

[CrazyManAndy]

Well, it looks like you're going to re-finish the guitar then, though it would be simpler just to get another pickguard, unless you want the rear routes. I would use a wood filler like this:

http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=5782

CMA

Edited June 26, 2007 by CrazyManAndy

[GregP]

Pickguards are pretty cheap. Filling, refinishing, and rear-routing doesn't sound all that rewarding a project. YMMV. What Squier guitars are rear-routed? I just had a look-see over at their website and came up short.

[biliousfrog]

there's a tutorial on the main PG site which covers filling a trem cavity.