New Strat Build - Step by Step - Part 1

I am building a custom Strat for one of my customers Elliot Ash. I am going to post pictures and details of the build process as it progresses - here are Elliot's specifications:

Ash Body - Quilted Maple top - red stain, high gloss

Birdseye Maple Neck - birdseye maple cap fretboard with Abalone dot markers

Bare Knuckle "Mothers Milk" Calibrated Pickups, Vintage Stagger with Zinc baseplates

Fender USA Vintage Trem
CTS Pots, Sprague Orange Drop Capacitor

White Pearloid Pickguard / Backplate

Wilkinson Deluxe Split shaft tuners

Here is the body & neck:

As the build progresses there may be a few changes but I am going to post each step of the build as I complete it - end of part 1.