This is my first DIY guitar build and the explorer is my favourite body design, so I'm pretty excited for this project. I've started my EX1-R explorer build with a test fit and it all seems pretty good. I had a few questions before I move forward though.
1. Measuring from the inside of the nut to the middle of the saddle seems to give me my 628mm scale length (image 1). Is this the correct way of doing it, and is that all I need to do? Measuring from the inside of the nut to the middle of the 12th fret was 313mm, not 314mm, which I assume is totally fine?
2. I'm a little confused about the neck heel. In profile, the bottom of it seems to have an angle & curve when compared to the very end butt, so depending on which one I place flush it greatly affects the angle of the neck (image 2 & 3). The cavity for the neck is dead flat, so I'm unsure how it should be sitting in the neck pocket. The cross section of the heel has some very slight curving towards the edges as well (image 4).
3. Should the end of the fret board line up with the neck pickup cavity? (image 5). Obviously cutting the end of the neck will mess with my scale length, so I'm not too bothered by it, so just wondering if this is normal?
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