This last guitar has been very frustrating. While it is easily the best looking of my builds so far, it's turning out to be the least functional. I bolted the neck on yesterday and put both E strings on to check alignment. The low E immediately falls off the side of the neck and never returns. I shimmed the neck to get it back to being 'ok', but I'm not satisfied at all with this build.
I wanted a decked Floyd without the recess, but the strings seem like they hover a foot above the guitar body, The nut route was cut too deep and needs to be shimmed higher to get clearance for the first fret. While the pole pieces of the bridge pickup align perfectly with the strings, the neck pickup is off about 3mm.
I really took my time and made sure everything was square, but it's looking like I have a really nice blue piece of firewood for next winter. This one may go into the corner and sit while I push forward on my next build.
As far as playability goes, my first build was my best and I've gone down hill since. It's very frustrating!