araz

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I think I know what to do now. It's going to be weird but in a funnny way. 1. I will extend the neck by adding more wood to the neck tenon until the whole cavity is filled 2. I will make sure this extra portion is flush with the top (but does not need to be perfect on the sides because it will be hidden... just keep reading) 3. route the pickup hole (with the neck in the pocket) 4. now, over the extra wood (between the pickup and the bridge) I will place a short section of fretboard, frets and all, maybe 4-5 frets It will look like the fretboard is one continous long piece starting at the nut and passing through the pickup. Like I said, weird but funny. I'll try to make a mock-up of it tonight and post a photo and then decide if I'll go through with it or not. What do you guys think? Araz

Unfortunately, the neck and fingerboard are already built. I was going to have stained finish but this may force me to paint it. Araz

Hi folks, I'm a bit embarrased to show you this but I cut the neck pocket too long. It should have ended about 3/4 into the pickup cavity (see photo) but it actually goes on another 1 3/8" Don't ask me how this happened because I'm not even sure myself... The obvious thing to do is to fill it with a block of wood but I don't want to do that because it will not look very nice since this portion of the body will be visible. What to do? Does anyone have an idea what to do with this extra pocket? Let me know, even if you think it's crazy. On another note, you probably noticed that the binding is kind of big and deep. Well, you are right This time I know what went wrong. The router bit was not tight enough and slide down a bit and chewed-up more wood than I wanted. Anyways, I'm just planning on putting a big binding or ... any original ideas on this one ?