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The tailpiece fits nicely. Guess I'll just have to send an e-mail and wait for a replacement. Too bad. Was really looking to get into this during the easter holidays.

The holes on the bridge seem to be 72-73 mm apart centre to centre...

The distance between the holes are 59 mm measured between the inner edges. So 70 mm centre to centre since the holes are 11 mm across.

While doing a quick mock build I found that the holes for mounting the bridge on my SG-1L kit seem to bee too close together. The bolts point outward a little bit and it seems I cant press the bridge...

:) I'm actually a righty but the friend I'm building for is a lefty. The headstock and the neck will be solid white as well as the body.

Received the kit and started out by shaping the headstock....

It's the SG-1L

Thanks again for the input. Seems I'll be spending a lot of time watching paint dry then. ;)

Also: what is the best way of holding/hanging the body when it's a set neck? I cans see how you would just screw a bolt on neck to a long piece of wood. But is it possible to do something similar...

Thanks for the advice!

The body is basswood so I should be fine without filling then.

What grit wet 'n' dry paper do you recommend using on the paint and top coat?

Fortunately I don't have...

I'm just about to start building my first kit. I'm planing to paint the body, neck, and head white (no steins, solid white).

- Should I glue the neck before painting as everything is going to be...

This will be my first attempt at building a guitar kit. The plan is to make a white SG-1L with a black stencil image taken from a demo I made way back with a good friend of mine. He's turning 40 this...