Today I made the neck pocket. I took my time aligning the neck with the body (very critical!) and made a ‘template’ to route the neck pocket. I measured everything twice and started routing.

After routing I had to chisel away the wood in the corners, because the round router bit leaves the corners rounded too. It came out very, very nice and clean and the neck now fits like a glove!

The only thing is that it sits quite a bit high on top of the body (because it has to line up with the top of the bridge) and I’m not sure if this is okay. Maybe I’ll route it deeper, but then I have to sink the bridge into the body too..