No, I haven't been to the dentist!
I successfully sanded and then filled the bridge pickup cavity to fit my new Wizard pickup. I used Ronseal Wood Filler (natural) and some wood glue. I put wood glue in first, a relatively large blob of the filler, then sanded down once dry - it reckons to leave the filler for 2 hours before sanding or painting, but I left it a whole day to be on the safe side. If you only put very small pieces of filler in, as soon as you start sanding they will come away from the body; the glue helps, but only so much.
Once filled, the first trick I applied to help sanding, was to create a paper cutout of the pickup and lay it over the cavity and then use a pencil to mark where I had to sand. Once the pencil mark dissappears, then you know you've sanded enough and not gone too far. I used 80 grit sandpaper on the inside of the cavity and on the top, where I will eventually paint, I went from 150, though 320 to 800. Sanding inside the cavity mounting positions to get a nice arch, I placed some sandpaper round the non-thread end of a drill bit with the appropriate radius.
Now to tackle the pikcguard...
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