Well I decided to try my hand at building. I have limited resources so I decided to buy a pre-made neck. I know I will probably get flamed for it, but I'm 22 with limited income and simply don't have the money for the tools, jigs, etc. at this point. I am however designing and building the body, which is a good starting point. My only wood working experience is an 8th grade wood shop class. I will try and narrate as I post pictures, but if anyone has any input or suggestions about anything I would love to hear it.
Specs:
Body: 2 piece maple - quilted maple veneer
Neck: Premade - maple with 24 fret rosewood fretboard - 25.5" scale - custom inlay
Neck P/U - Seymour Duncan SH-2 Jazz
Bridge P/U - Seymour Duncan TB-6 Duncan Distortion
Bridge - Gotoh Floyd Rose, R2 locking Nut
Tuners - Economy
2 volume - 1 tone - 3 way switch
First off is my design. This is my 3rd or 4th attempt at drawing it up, but I finally stuck with this.
Mock up with neck and parts
2-piece maple blank
This is the Quilted Maple Veneer I bought. I am pleased with the figure.
Fretboard and Inlay
It turned out that my neighbor had a few things that he let me use. Here is the body Rough cut.
And again after some sanding. I ended up not liking this compared to my original sketch and did some reshaping, but did not take pictures of it.
It may be more noticeable in later pictures.
I made a neck pocket routing jig with some old grade stakes I found in my basement
I bought some MDF templates online for the recessed floyd and humbuckers.