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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 27, 2017 at 3:33am

Don't futz with them. Those are acoustic sound ports, man! Call it a feature and have done. Or, just paint a 1/4" black line around the pup, including the hole edges. Or, give it a 'burst paint job, just around the pup (inverse of a standard 'burst effect). Or, leave it alone, but endlessly tell people about how you effed up installing the pickup, so that you can fish for more compliments on a great-looking git :-)

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Permalink Reply by 3qt17g550yh6r on June 27, 2017 at 1:31pm

What Ron said!!

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on June 27, 2017 at 3:30pm

If you need to cover it, some cigar boxes have sheets of cedar thin enough to cut with an blade, you could make a plate to put under the pickup.  Or just say "I meant to do that".

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Permalink Reply by Geordie Hillbilly on July 20, 2017 at 8:01am

HI all!  Thanks for advice, all very useful tips - it all adds to my currently limited knowledge!

As an update, I had made what we call round here two "school boy errors", and damaged the pick up as I hadn't allowed room between lid and brace I'd screwed neck to. And even more daft, I'd forgotten to secure the other end of the neck brace (if that is the right word) so it was all a bit on the wobbly side.

However!  It all ended well as I took the opportunity to disassemble my bodged job, and this time fitted a much larger humbucker pickup, which obviously meant there was no more holes in the top, and secured the whole thing with glue and wood screws.  I am happy to report it now looks and plays rather well.  I will attempt to post a photo and perhaps some video of me playing it when I get the chance.  Thank you Sean!

So what have I learned?  Not to be too hasty with putting my guitars together, and that you folk on here are a mine of solid information.

Thanks for your support guys :)

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