Let me first say, that I, in no way, am an athourity. Considering I'm working on my first guitar.
But, I wanted to do this all from scratch, excluding the hardware.
I bought my wood and considered the best way to make a neck. After many many hours of contiplating how, I came up with a JIG to use a router. I just couldn't picture myself hand sanding and scraping wood, to shape the neck with no reference neck to compare to.
After a few trials the JIG resembles a shoe horn. I use a round over bit with start and stop points.
First piece of wood was just a try out. Came out great, except for the headstock being too short. NEEWB mistake. Also, lack of the tuners to layout the length needed.
Second piece was a complete success.
The round over bit I used was a 1/2" set down a bit to leave a flat wood rim to make the radius profile by the headstock base and heel base. Alittle belt sanding for the overall length and BINGO.
I will show pics of the guitar in a few days, Tomorrow is the big paint day.
When it's unveiled, please keep in mind I learned everything from THIS SITE.
Oh, and by the way, a guitar playing friend asked me who I bought the GREAT neck from. Must be ok.