Just recently I had to fix a strat where the wood was badly cracked around the two mounting posts for the bridge. The wood was practically busted out, causing the posts to lean sharply forward. It was pretty bad structural damage, but it was actually fairly easy to fix. One set of the cracks with the post removed. (I forgot to take "before" pictures, so this is while I was working.) First, I drilled out the entire damaged area with a Forstner bit. Before drilling, I centered the bit on the hole by replacing the mounting post and lowering the drill bit down until the point was centered on the top of the post. Then I clamped the body to the drill press, removed the post, and drilled. After that, I plugged the hole I had just drilled with a piece of a hardwood dowel rod. I glued it in very firmly with Titebond II wood glue and then left it clamped for 24 hours. I didn't drill out the second mounting post hole yet because the drill might have torn out the