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You're making this sound like a far more sensible idea than I expected haha!
Any recommendations for where to find neckthrough blanks?
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I get all my wood from David Dyke:
http://www.luthierssupplies.co.uk/
You can probably get it cheaper elsewhere (and I don't know how Brexit will work sending wood between uk and Ireland...). I've never worried about cost to be honest, as I only build one every 18 months so it's never worth trying to save £20 here or there. If you do go here, ask them to radius your fretboard for a tenner - it's a horrible job!
Guitars and Wood in Portugal are great for tools and templates, and there's at least one luthier I've chatted to on Instagram that that uses them for wood:
christianSpaceman
The first one I built at home was a neck through.
It is slightly harder than a bolt on, but I don't think it's a silly idea - especially with a bridge like that that doesn't (I think) need a neck angle.
The good thing is that you can make the interesting bits of the guitar (heel, stringline, scale length, bridge mounting etc) from one long bit of wood, so you don't necessarily have to spring for everything at once and until you're relatively sure it'll work.