Guitar Body Routing & Wood Repair in Redding, CA
Routing for new pickups and electronics, body contours, cracked bodies, and stripped screw holes.
Want a humbucker where a single coil sits, room for a push-pull pot, or a battery box for active pickups? Most of those upgrades start with a little routing. We cut clean cavities sized for the parts you’re putting in, so everything fits without forcing wires or bending lugs.
Woodwork also covers comfort and repairs. A heavy body can get weight relief, and slab bodies can get a belly cut or arm contour so they’re easier to play for a full set. If the body is cracked, broken from a fall, or full of stripped screw holes, we glue it, plug it, and redrill it so hardware holds tight again.
Bigger routing and contour jobs are quoted after a look, so you know what you’re getting before work starts. Bring it in to the shop on Redcliff Drive and show us what you have in mind.
Routing & Woodwork services
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Pickup routing
Route the body so a different pickup size fits, like a humbucker where a single coil was. Quoted after a look.
Sounds like: humbucker won't fit, need bigger pickup cavity, route for humbucker, add a pickup
Cavity routing expansion
Open up a cramped cavity so new pots, switches, or a preamp fit without forcing anything.
Sounds like: pots won't fit in cavity, cavity too small, can't fit push pull pot, electronics crammed
Control cavity routing
Rout a new or larger control cavity for added knobs, switches, or a different control layout. Quoted after a look.
Sounds like: add a knob, add a control cavity, new control layout, need room for switch
Battery cavity routing
Rout a clean battery compartment so active pickups or a preamp have a proper home for the battery.
Sounds like: battery taped inside, no battery compartment, add battery box, active pickups battery
Body weight relief routing
Remove wood from hidden areas of the body to cut weight and make a heavy guitar easier on your shoulder. Quoted after a look.
Sounds like: guitar too heavy, lighten my guitar, weight relief, heavy les paul
Body re-contour
Reshape body edges and contours so the guitar sits more comfortably against you. Quoted after a look.
Sounds like: body edge digs in, uncomfortable body, reshape body, round over edges
Belly cut add
Carve a belly cut into the back of the body so it sits against your ribs more comfortably. Quoted after a look.
Sounds like: add belly cut, body digs into ribs, slab body uncomfortable, tummy cut
Arm contour add
Carve a forearm contour on the top edge so your picking arm doesn't press on a hard edge. Quoted after a look.
Sounds like: add arm contour, forearm hurts, body edge digs into arm, forearm bevel
Body crack repair
Glue and stabilize cracks in the body so they stop spreading and the guitar stays solid.
Sounds like: body cracked, crack in guitar body, crack near neck pocket, crack spreading
Body break repair
Rejoin a body that's broken through after a fall or impact and get it back to playing shape. Quoted after a look.
Sounds like: guitar body broke, dropped guitar body split, horn broke off, body snapped
Screw hole plugging
Fill old or stripped screw holes with hardwood plugs so they can be redrilled or left clean.
Sounds like: old screw holes, plug screw holes, extra holes from old hardware, fill holes in body
Screw hole redrilling
Drill fresh, correctly sized pilot holes so hardware screws bite and stay tight.
Sounds like: screw won't tighten, stripped screw hole, screw spins, hardware screws loose