{"id":862,"date":"2020-05-10T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T16:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/?p=862"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:09:08","slug":"neck-pocket-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":"Neck pocket &#8211; May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2985-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2985-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2985-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2985-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2985-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2985.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Cut the neck template into 12mm MDF, using a chisel to square up the ends. Body join will be around the 17th fret, however it&#8217;s useful to extend the template to keep the router stable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2988-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-855\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2988-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2988-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2988-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2988-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2988.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Target is to have the top of the fretboard (pre radius) 8-9mm above the top. Pocket seems to have come out well. Note on the high E side, I left room to sand to this neck line. I played very safe, as it&#8217;s easier to remove but not really possible to add material back again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2989-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2989-1024x591.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2989-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2989-768x444.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2989-1536x887.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2989.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Quick test fit. &#8220;Seems&#8221; good, however until I do the cutout for the bottom of the truss rod, hard to be sure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2990-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-857\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2990-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2990-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2990-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2990-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2990.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Quick mockup of how the guitar might look. The padauk is said to lose its redness as it ages and look more like mahogany. We shall see.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guitar-four"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isomorph.co.uk\/guitarBuild\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}