Got the neck socket template cut.
I'd already made a start by hogging out with drill and removed the soft spalted beech with a chisel (sorry, not a great pic)
Got it all nicely lined up and started routing all going nicely had the majority routed outhe and was just tidying up the edges when I noticed that I was loads shavings than I was expecting...
Yep the flipping template had come loose and moved and my nice snug neck socket is now a nice oversized neck socket!
No biggie I can handle this. I carefully lined up the neck and body then drilled the bolt holes.
Then using some sycamore and wenge veneer that I have, I filled the gaps and made it look like some of the spalting.
Yeah... okay who am kidding it's flipping bodge however it doesn't look too bad with the neck in situ.
Anyhoo the neck is now good and doesn't look too bad so I went ahead and got the bridge positioned and holes drilled.
Couldn't fit this body under my hobby bench drill so had to do it by hand... Okay I'm well aware of the concept of drill bit wander especially with small bits through dense hardwood like oak. Yeah you can see where this is going... So anyway I only had one hole wander which considering I drilled them by hand was pretty good. The guitar is a practice piece which is being given away sooo yep I'm kinda happy with that all things considered.
Not looking too bad...
Next job make some p'ups out of this piece of black walnut!
