my name is vince and I am new to the forum. I live in southwestern Pennsylvania, USA. I recently bought the rca-4 bass kit. I received the kit in 7 days and it traveled about 11,000 miles! I have been buying, selling, and trading music equipment for 45 years. I play bass guitar in a local classic rock band. I own several Fender "p" and "j" basses, several Rickenbacker basses, and assorted other basses, also. I have just finished a restoration of an Acoustic 370/301 amp and cabinet. several of my rick basses are vintage, and I wanted to build a bass of this style. there are a few changes I will make to this kit to improve the ergonomics to my playing. I did a mock set-up of the bass as advised and found that the neck sets too high in the body cutout. I set a straight edge on the neck and placed the bridge at its location on the body and found that the bridge saddles were about 1/4inch from the straight edge. this means I will have to sand about 1/4inch of wood off of the heel [the back of the neck that fits into the body] to get the proper alignment of neck and bridge to allow for adjustments. also, I plan on contouring the front and back of the body similar to a jazz bass and some other changes that I will post and perhaps pictures, too. this will be a slow winter project. thanks to adam for answering my questions about the kit and the prompt service!
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