Greetings people, yes i set the neck before doing any other work as i wanted the glue to go onto clean timber, the pic-up screws when fitted to the scratch plate should have plenty of clearance if not two small holes drilled into the filler will resolve that issue.
i have started the sanding, i've started with P1200 as the body and neck are in really good order, just one slight blemish in the rear of the body, that will need a little more work. i will give it a few more passes working down to P1500 or even P2000 before looking to start finishing.
Working this way setting the neck at the start makes sanding a little more awkward but not impossible, after all Rickenbacker manage it