Any build starts here, making templates.  Although this looks like a standard tele, the scale length is 24.75" (a standard Gibson length), rather than the more normal 25.5" for a fender.  Changing the scale length means bridge placement is altered, and the lower horn has to be re-worked to allow access to upper frets. 
 

Next is wood selection.  Here I've laid out an ash body blank, rosewood fretboard blank and a maple board for the neck.  I'm checking that the both the grain patterns and colours in the woods are a suitable match. Especially with more exotic woods (such as coloured ebony, limba, pau ferro) that contain orange, brown, green or pink undertones, this is critical to ensure the overall look of the guitar is complimentary. 

Here I'm gluing a fretboard blank to the neck prior to cutting the fret slots.  It's frequently said, and is frequently true, that you can never have enough clamps.

Here I've glued on a decorative binding.  The glue is just acetone, which melts the plastic in the binding enough for it to stick to the wood.  The tight curves of the lower horn can be difficult, so I use a using a hairdryer to heat the binding to make it more flexible. 

Here I'm starting with carving the neck.  I use a technique where flat facets are carved into the neck using a spokeshave and files, before rounding everthing off.  This means that a neck of any shape (C, D, V etc) can be set out with accuracy and repeatability.