Alright so I'm working on repainting my guitar and filling in 2 gaps on the body that use to hold pickups and I was wondering does it matter what kind of wood is put into the holes? The body is made out of basswood, so would basswood be the best or can I just get a 2by4 and use it instead?

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Try and use a similar wood I guess, don't go and use pine or anything...

I could ask my luthier friend, he actually did this on a guitar of his, so he'd know.

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that'd be rad if you could!

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the ideal would be the basswood from the same piece your guitar was made of, but that is pretty impossible, so just basswood. And it should be a reeeeaaaly tight fit, no space and stuff. You could glue it, but i'm not so sure what glue might do to your sound though..

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If its just for painting... then don't put anything in the holes...

and anyway, if it's just for painting (your thread question wasn't too clear) who gives a fuck what you shove in there?

i don't want the sustain and the sound to get fucked if I put in a type of wood that isn't good for stuff.

It is getting painted and so I want to fill these gaps so that when I paint it, it looks like the guitar only ever had 1 pickup in it.

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