I have a solid body project guitar which was routed HSS and I'd like to install HH pickups. I need to backfill the old middle single pickup cavity. I was thinking of timber cut as tightly as possible, set in with PVA wood glue. Should I use something more robust like epoxy resin? Maybe I should just leave the cavity and cover it with a pickguard? :rolleyes: Does anyone have experience to share? Thanks!

To some, this is apparently a non-issue:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Malcolm_Young_at_ACDC_Monster_of_Rock_Tour.jpg
:D

i had a broken pickup in my old SG
just took it out and put some black duct tape over it

Cover it with the pickguard. A strat won't care much about the hole, they can take it.

Leave it,and just cover it, the next guy might want to put a pup back in there.

Thanks for the responses, sorry I have been away a few days...

OpenMike, that's a humbling photo of Malcolm with the pup missing... made me laugh too! Having talent outweighs any gear issue :)

ampe/Tony/old slowly - this is a project git made out of bits and pieces and I didn't want to just cover the hole - ain't no-one reversing this mod! I just got some timber and fixed it in this morning and drilled it for the pup wiring. I might need a pickguard anyway to cover my dodgy woodwork.

Next step is routing out the single slot for the humbucker. I'll let you know how it goes - maybe with a photo next time...

Thanks!