The Beginning Of The License Plate Guitar Part 2

Tonight I attempted to continue on the license plate guitar build. When I got out to the garage i was met by this:

So I tried for a half hour to get the heater working. The guy I got it from swore it was working fine. But it kept shutting down. But after about a half hour I got this.....

So the first thing I did was to clean up the neck pocket so it slid in without binding.

Now that it fit the slot good I needed to square the neck and drill some mounting holes for the neck

The neck is not perfectly aligned with the center stripe but I have a plan to make this not as noticeable....

While the neck is still roughly mounted I need to mark where I want to mount the pickup. Remember I am mounting this pickup under the license plate top so the plate is not cut up. This works fine as long as the distance between the pickup and the strings does not exceed 1/2 inch.

Now I need to position and glue cleats to screw the plate to the box using original license plate mounting holes. The will probably be some #4 screws around the perimeter based on How the plate sits on the box. This plate is slightly bent so its most likely going to go that route...

Now I take the neck back out and get ready to cut the slot for the pickup. After it has been marked and the depth of the cut decided on it gets a rough out with a forstner bit on the drill press.

Now it gets put in the vise and I bring out the router with a 3/8 bit and clean up the slot and make the depth where its supposed to be.

How's everyone like that older than dirt router......that baby will be working long after some of these new ones on the market now...

Set the pickup in and see how it fits....

Now I put everything down and turn out the lights because that heater just ain't keepin up. Part 3 soon. Depends on that dang heater......lol