P'up pockets

Next job was to carve out the pickup cavities.  This was done the same way as the neck socket where by I drilled lots of holes and then knocked the remaining bits out with a hammer and chisel.



Nearly done the first one which was made a lot easier by having it open to the neck socket.



That looks pretty good, now on to the bridge pickup...



Before that though I drilled the neck pickup wiring channel through to the bridge pickup.  Even though it was a brand new augur it still took ages to bore my way through that oak!



After another load of holes it's time to sharpen the chisel up again...



...half way there...



...and done!



Each step takes us closer and closer...