Got the neck set today.... What a buggar of a job it was too....

The dry fit was tight, but I thought it would work. Did all the measurements. Ground down some spare bridge posts so they would just slide in and easily pull out again so I could mount the bridge in the right spot to take the measurements. Everything looked fine. Double checked everything ... all is good, Break out the TiteBond...

First go... DAMN!! the neck didn't want to go all the way in the slot. After a few minutes of pushing, pressing, grunting and groaning... and many many real choice expletives, I pulled the neck out, which was a job in itself as the TiteBond had already begun to set...which led to more choice expletives about all the lies I've heard and read on how long TiteBond takes to set... yeah right, maybe in snowman country it works fine, but in the tropics in our wintery 25C and 20%RH it sets almost as fast as superglue.... 2 or 3 minutes max is all you get... Add an Expletives list too long to mention...

Spent the next few hours cleaning up the mess..... and had a suitable refreshment to calm my angry nerves....

2nd go... I had carved out, scratched, scored, sanded, scrapped, dug, and may other excavation names at the neck and the neck slot in the body.... Nothing stupid, but the dry fit once again seemed okay. This time it wasn't as tight, but still reasonably firm and now with plenty of tiny little grooves and holes for the TiteBond to reservoir in as the neck very snugly went into place.

Applied the TiteBond, Positioned the neck. A bit of wriggling to get everything lined up.... one good push...and it was home.... Yay!!!

Clamps on, Damp rag to wipe off the small amount of excess that was now being squeezed out.... It's all good, and it only took me 4 hours...