How difficult a neck thru will be is based for the most part on how well you plan ahead. Then of course how well you can follow those plans. If you are not sure how to glue wings, you don't have a plan yet.
This is a good set of tips.
A neck thru will become a bit of a handful at points because you can't seperate the body and neck. Again if you plan ahead you can save yourself a lot of headaches. I would say the simplest aspect of a neck thru is gluing the wings. The only part of a neck thru that is easier than a bolt on is the neck/body joint, because it is eliminated. There is also the point that if you don't plan well enough or screw up some aspect of the build. It is done and you can start the process over.
Not hard to do, just requires good planning. Don't just start cutting and glueing. It will end up sloppy or trashed. Then again if you enjoy purchasing lots of wood......
I second Setch, or I guess it would be third. Even if the wood was plained when you bought it I would fit it up before making any glue joint, unless your ok with big gaps and lots of glue.
Peace and best of luck, Rich
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Fryovanni,
I agree wholeheartedly about the glue joint. On my first neck thru I glued the back on and cleaned up the sides on my neck on my table saw. I just dialed my table saw to 0 and made the cuts. I noticed nothing wrong until I later glued the wings on my neck. My table saw was off a few degrees and my wings were perfect on the front of the body but I had .020 gaps on the back. I was able to make the gaps disappearin the finish with alot of work. I built that neck thru totally from raw wood so that is why I was having to clean up the sides. If someone purchases one of the manufactured neck thru blanks they should not have problems on the neck side of the glue joint but they should look out on the wing side.
I try to make things turn out the best I can but I can say that I do not forget these mistakes and I rarely duplicate them. I am constantly learning all of the time. The only way to learn how to build great guitars is to learn from mistakes.
Backwoods