Section 2
– Mockup and Fit Check
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Section 2 Contents
Check Guitar Body & Neck mounting holes
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1.
Drilling the Mounting Holes in the Guitar Body
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Checking the Mounting Holes in the Neck
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2.
Drilling Mounting Holes in the Neck
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Check the Neck to the Body Fit
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Fit check & alignment of the Pickguard and the Audio Controls (items 2 & 3 on
Mockup and Fit Check complete!
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Mockup and Fit Check
The following steps will ensure that the base, neck, tuners, pickups, etc. are properly aligned and that all
screw holes have been drilled.
2.1
Check Guitar Body & Neck mounting holes
1.
Check Neck pocket on the Body for pre-drilled
(4) mounting holes (Figure 2.1);
2.
Skip to 2.2 if the holes are pre-drilled.
2.1.1
Drilling the Mounting Holes in the Guitar
Body
1.
Use the neck plate as a template (#7 on material
list) to locate the mounting holes in the neck
pocket. The simplest way is to place the neck
plate into the pocket and properly position it so
it is centered in the pocket.
Figure 2.1 Body Locations
TIP…
use the large cover of the shipping box as a work area that can be easily stored
when you’re done working