It doesn't fit...

[Tele-me about it]

On Friday I happily received my packages from Warmoth that I had been waiting 5-6 weeks for -- an unfinished, black korina Gecko 6 body along with an ebony macassar/wenge neck. Today I finally had enough time to open my boxes and, as you can guess from the title, the neck doesn't fit in the neck pocket (yes, I'm putting it in the right way). I guess I'll hafta call Warmoth up in the morning to inquire about how the situation can be remedied, but in the meantime, has this ever happened to any of you before? How did you handle the situation?

What it looks like to me is that the neck pocket wasn't routed enough on the left side (near/above the obtuse angle). When I run my finger down it, at the corner it almost feels like my finger dips in a very slight amount. I'm really tempted to get out some coarse sand paper or even my Dremel, but I'd rather not void out the year-warranty by "modifying the body".

(my apologies for the bad lighting and low quality pictures, it's 2am right now and I can't really grab anything but my phone... at least it can serve for reference)

 

[mayfly]

That's not good.  I'd phone Warmoth.

 

[Day-mun]

I think I see whatcha mean. -You are talking about the opening of the pocket on the bass (not treble) side, maybe about at eleven o'clock from the turtle's head, right?

Crazy! -Yeah, I'd call W pronto!

If (-and that is a big "if") they will authorize some sanding, I would HIGHLY advise against dremmel use! The light sandpaper (not course) may be painfully slow, but it'll be better than taking away wood ya can't put back. To quote Cagey: "You can ruin a neck pocket faster than you can say 'Dammit!'."

 

[line6man]

My Jazz bass body's neck pocket was an eighth-inch too tight when I got it. Warmoth does the neck pockets tight, because it is better to have a pocket too tight than too loose. You will need to sand the pocket until the neck fits.