Hello forum folk.

I'm Jeff and I'm almost a first time kit builder, and a horribly average player living in Sassafras, Melbourne.

Can I start with a question? I received my FS-1 kit not long ago, and though I haven't started any work on it yet, I've tried placing the neck in the body, and it is INCREDIBLY tight. I read somewhere before that a little bit of wiggle room is no big issue, but this is so tight, I cannot get the neck to fully sit in it's rebate.

I'm sure that with the use of clamps I can get it to sit in, but what worries me is that it will be too tight to get into the right position.

Is it common practice to sand back either the butt of the neck or it's rebate to get in easier?

Thanks in advance.