MasterMinds Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I am making a body (going to use my existing neck for now). The body will be easy to make via my design; all I have to do is cut the outer shape, and route a single rectangular hole, and drill two holes for two switches and two holes for the non-trem bridge screws. My main concern is routing the area for the neck to join the body. How do I determine the measurements (the ideal ones, not the actual ones) for my existing neck. If I measure my existing hole are there ideal measurements to compare it to? I'm concerned because I know a millimeter is too big an error. What would you recommend?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Just make a neck jig as per myka. Do a search for neck jig and you should be able to find it and instructions on how to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 This might help. The really elegant part of this jig is the idea of drawing a ruler onto the rails--that way you can be certain things are centered correctly. In the version I'm planning to build, I'm going to glue down real rulers (since I don't trust myself to be 100 percent accurate drawing the lines). Also Guitarfrenzy posted a photo of his setup using a lot of clamps and a laser sight --I've used this before, and it works great too, especially if you're not routing for an angled neck. The first jig is probably better for an angle. Others just use a neck pocket template, but there's no guarantee it'll fit your neck exactly (unless you make it using the neck itself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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