Time to glue the neck. With mock build up it looked like the neck angle and position were within limits and good to go, and the neck pocket was nice and tight, so Titebond and clamps. Except now with the glue, the neck didn't want to go fully in to the pocket and was way tight. With the glue drying up quickly, I ended up using the clamp to tighten in down. And it did work, tight fit in the end. Except that the excess force I had to use was too much for the stuff I used to protect the wood and it left nasty marks on both sides. This was of course revealed few days later when taking of the clamps. First bigger mistake in the project, not too happy about it, but the top side goes under the pickguard, so I could focus on minimizing the damage on the backside.



After some light sanding and a bit more tru oil, the damage was on tolerable level, and now I could just put the strap button there in the middle to cover things up.