All theory of course, as I'm not doing it.

That’s often the best way to do it @robin 😆 

I do, however, want to find a way to drill that hole. I need to make a funky jig and do some testing. 

If had gone ahead with it, I was going to saw and plane the facet, then cut a recess with forstner bits, hand carve the rest for the plate, then maybe a stepped drill to get a starting face for a forstner bit in at an angle for the jack socket. All theory of course, as I'm not doing it.

Now that I've got a cable with a 90 degree end, that problem is gone, so seems like an awful lot of effort for no real gain.

@robin Yeah, this is my current solution to that problem too. 

I do, however, want to find a way to drill that hole. I need to make a funky jig and do some testing. 

I've never liked the strat socket on the front, but I like the idea of it recessed in the back edge like that, I might just do that on my current build.

I've been doing a little bit of sketching with a view to fitting a strat type jack socket the back edge of my current build. What I'd hoped to get from this was to keep the cable out of the way when I'm sitting on the sofa or bed end with my guitar on my knee. Now that I've got a cable with a 90 degree end, that problem is gone, so seems like an awful lot of effort for no real gain. I'll be fitting the standard Bailey kit socket.

I think the safe thing would be to make a jig to hold the body at an angle with a built in pattern to route the jack socket hole. Going to take up some space in the shop..or...It might be possible to just bodge it with a drill. How about a mockup test on some scrap?

@markbailey Thanks Mark, yeah I will have to do some jig making and testing. I’ll let you know hoe I get on. 

Cheers.

I think the safe thing would be to make a jig to hold the body at an angle with a built in pattern to route the jack socket hole. Going to take up some space in the shop..or...It might be possible to just bodge it with a drill. How about a mockup test on some scrap?

Last night I decided to have a drink after many months of being on the wagon. A bottle of wine and half a litre bottle of spiced rum, I am trying to piece together the events of last night. 

hairy hole to jack

NOBODY Google this!!!

It’s a hole for the jack socket that is in between the edge and back of the guitar. 

I've never liked the strat socket on the front, but I like the idea of it recessed in the back edge like that, I might just do that on my current build.