OK, everyone, here we go. My first guitar build ever. A custom mahogany body, mahogany neck, set neck V kit. No hardware, as I'm going to supply my own. I'm thinking of finishing it in a solid color....leaning towards an automotive color like Honda's "Hampstead Green." I've been going back and forth on bridge options and I think I'm going to go with a Dusenberg Les Trem treolo unit (they mount the same way a regular stop tail does) and a roller tune-o-matic bridge. I've got all my sanding supplies on order, so I can prep the body and neck while my hardware slowly trickles in as budget allows. Seeing as how this is my first build, I will assuredly be asking a TON of questions on here.
The body looks in good shape. There's a few glue spots and blemishes that would make it difficult if I wanted to stain the guitar, but I'm going solid finish so no worries there. No dents or cracks. The neck looks good as well, but I do have a concern about the neck heel. It seems that the treble side of the neck heel is a full 2 mm thinner than the bass side (see pictures below). Not sure if this is normal or not, and if not, how difficult it is to fix without screwing it up further. I also want to confirm with the experts (that means you guys) that the neck pocket is not too big for the neck heel (there seems to be a good amount of wiggle room when I seat the neck in there), but I'll save that question for my next post. For now, lets take a look at the thickness variance in that neck heel:
Treble side:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1567357...posted-public/
Bass side:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156735...posted-public/