Any advice on sorting neck alignment would be most welcome... here is where i'm at...
Body back from the cabinet makers...
A bit of the edges of the neck pocket and a nice snug for the neck. Unfortunatly alignment is a little out...
Bridge on center line of the 2 piece join, looks center at the neck but might not be center down the length of the body.
Moving the bridge a little to the E left by a couple of mm aligns the elastic strings over the pickup poles a bit better...
Neck / Body join looks like this left, right and bottom...
A bit of sponge in the neck pocket to lift it up...
Needs a little of the left side of the pocket a mil, mil 'n half or so from the front tapering to as-is at the heel... which should also get the neck flush-ish on the bottom right of the pocket rather than sticking out as in the pic
Alignment should then be just about sorted... Fingers crossed!
Bit aprehensive but need to stick some sandpaper with double sided to a bit if wood to keep squarish and go steady.
All is not lost...
Worst case i'll go for the authentic pick holder style neck pocket gap that was prevalent and popular under the 70's QC..
I really like the body... and the neck looks nice for budget!