{"id":8031,"date":"2015-11-12T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=8031"},"modified":"2015-11-12T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T19:51:14","slug":"how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-neck-pocket-template-fabrication-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-neck-pocket-template-fabrication-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Neck pocket template fabrication part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In part 2 with our neck pocket template fabrication, we&#8217;re now performing a rough cut and removing the surrounding material with a bandsaw. The photos below shows how it&#8217;s done:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_1590\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_1590.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_1594\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_1594.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p>Next up, the bottom hardboard piece has its excess middle portion removed flush to the edges of where the glued pieces on top meet:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_1607\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_1607.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_1610\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_1610.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_1616\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_1616.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\"><\/p>\n<p>Above is the finished cut shown, <strong>however, this is <em>not<\/em> the final template<\/strong>, as the heel end will still need to be matched up to the actual heel of the neck for proper shape and fit.<\/p>\n<p>Got questions about this fabrication process? Post a comment or two and we&#8217;ll answer your questions as best we can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px\">Where are the rest of the build steps?<br \/>You can view them all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In part 2 with our neck pocket template fabrication, we&#8217;re now performing a rough cut and removing the surrounding material with a bandsaw. 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