Once I had the neck pocket sorted, I loose fitted the scratch plate and worked out where to mount the bridge. I’ve seen other kits that have holes pre-drilled for the neck and sometimes the bridge, too. This kit didn’t have any of those, so there was lots of measuring and clamping and pencil marks. This is where decent clamps are really helpful. I ended up buying a few from Bunnings. If I do another build, I’d probably get more, or even better ones. Having someone around to help at this point is another option. Haha.
I used the neck plate as a template and drilled the holes for the neck in the body and into the neck. That was really difficult angling the drill around the clamps and keeping everything in position. Either way, the neck was now set in place. The neck bolts really struggled and the Phillips heads started rounding. I added a set to my list of parts to order. I had used a bar of soap to grease the screws but, I worked out later, you really need to coat them well for it to work. I ended up pushing them as far as I could into the soap and trying to keep all the flakes on as I put them in.
Timbah First Bass by Tim Gill, on Flickr
Timbah First Bass by Tim Gill, on Flickr
Timbah First Bass by Tim Gill, on Flickr
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