Routing a Neck Pocket

[irongolem85]

hi, I'm new around these parts..

i was wondering if someone could help me on routing a neck pocket in a body blank for a bolt on neck...i keep finding these wonderful tutorials that tell you everything but how deep it is s'posed to be and what the angle should be and so on...

if someone could lemme know, that would rock

[Badams]

3" long X 2 3/16" wide X 5/8" deep and dead flat.
Drill out as much wood from the pocket that you can without going too deep or wide before you start the rout. It will make it easier on the equipment and you while at the same time you'll end up with a cleaner more accurate pocket. Dont take too big o bites (or it'll taste shi$$y )

[irongolem85]

thank you very much

[Panthersn]

Thanks Badams, I was just getting set to route a neck pocket and was wondering about giving it a slight angle. For some reason the las two guitars I built needed a small shim. I used a warmoth neck on one and a Eden neck on the other. I'm gonna route this one flat a see how it turns out, using a fixed bridge this time instead of a trem.

Keep pickin and grinning