# First big mistake
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Routed the pickup cavity too close to the neck. I was going on my original drawings and hadn’t double checked. Repairable though, the plan is to CNC a plug to fit perfectly and glue it in on Monday.
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# Rounding the neck
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Routing the round part of the neck using a router strapped to a gantry that follows a preshaped neck, which I guess strictly speaking is a conical section. A ball end restricts the movement of the…
# Roughing the neck taper
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A router and a jig make light work of cutting a taper into the neck before it gets rounded
# Fretboard glued to the neck
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Only 1h for the glue to dry. Makes me nervous, I always do overnights!
# Neck pocket and trem cavity routed
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This took a few more grams off the body weight. Quick and easy with the plunge router.