So, I spotted a body I liked, and after some research to see what kind of neck I needed I made the purchase. I paid a little over $80, including shipping, for the body and the neck.
The body I believe is mahogany, with a maple (?) top - HSS & 'fender' tremolo routed. The neck is a 24 fret, maple with rosewood fingerboard. Both 25.5". The neck required a bit of sanding to fit into the pocket, and may require a little further sanding on the bottom as the fretboard sits pretty high off the horizontal plane of the guitar top.
The neck is in near perfect condition, while the body has two or three pretty big dings, none of which have scratched through the top. The condition of both pieces was as advertised. I am very satisfied with my parts.
I have ordered some tuners and a hardtail bridge (already have a couple of trems). I have an old POS epiphone pickup I will be installing temporarily just to get a feel for it, but my plan is to get a high output humbucker and make this my 'metal' guitar. I have currently put $130 into this, and I suspect that some used pickups and scrounged electronics later I will have myself a perfectly decent, custom guitar for about $250. Not bad.
This will be my first guitar build, though I feel I am pretty competent with tools and guitar knowledge that I don't foresee any difficulties.
If this was your baby and you wanted to metalize it, what kind of pickups would YOU be looking at putting in there?
And, finally - what have I bought? Anyone have any idea what this guitar was meant to be when completed?
Thanks!
Mika.