The loose neck pocket.
The neck pocket was really sloppy and there was also some router steps on the sides which made it worse. After cleaning things up a bit the gap on the treble side was going to be a little more than I could live with, so I decided to make a maple shim/insert. It needed to be thickest at the front of the pocket and taper towards the back. Careful sanding, test, careful sanding…
Glued in, the shim is intentionally slightly large so I can sand it down to the body shape.
Unclamped and cleaned up.
Now it's tight enough to support the neck without clamps.
cont.
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