Cleaning up and beveling some fret ends.

Some Friday fretwork.

Installing and test fitting an electrosocket jack mount. There's lots of ways to do this, I like it to be as clean a hole as possible, so to eliminate the drill ramming into the body and denting it, I'm clamping a scrap piece in the control cavity to create a "bottom". This also keeps the bit from tearing out the back side.

Adding a round-over to the back of this body. I didn't do any videos on adding the binding, but here is a peak of this body with the black binding installed.

Test fitting a set of Hipshot open gear tuners, lining them up and drilling some holes.

Cleaning out and prepping the nut slot. I originally outlined the nut area when I cut the fret slots, and here I break away the area using an awl. Once that top layer has been broken away, it leaves the sides very well defined. I then run the Stewmac nut slotting file over it to clean it up.

Hand carved transitions.

Shaping and measuring. All part of the tedious work when shaping a neck.

Just some neck carving.

I've been adding a beveled edge to my control cavity covers. It makes it much easier on the fit. It's also much easier to take them off.

Making a control cavity cover.

Routing out the control cavity and test fitting the switch and pots.

Routing and drilling controls. I made this jig for the 3 way switch quite a while ago. After using it here I'm going to modify it just a bit. The bushing I'm using is too small and I think I can go up one size. No plate here, the cavity will be routed from the back.

Routing pickup cavities.

Hogging out pickup cavities. This video also has lots vacuuming.

Bridge position layout and test fit. I make these templates in Inkscape. I use the same hardware all the time so anything I lay out always fits.

Trimming off the excess on the lower side of the neck pocket, and routing flush with the neck. I do it this way because it ensures that pocket lines up with the neck perfectly.