Ok, so trying to get started on this and have already hit a few areas of doubt.
The Instruction Manual (which I am very grateful for, and by no means criticising) advises:
- Test fit the partsż
- Fitting the Neck
- Checking the Scale Length
- Fitting the Bridge/Tailpiece
- Test fitting the Neck
- Checking neck alignment
- Preparing the neck
- Painting or Staining
The PB30 bridge is probably closest to a Telecaster style bridge. Step 4 (Fitting the Bridge/Tailpiece) advises marking centrelines and holes, but doesn't actually talk about drilling and installing the bridge. Is this the point where we should do so (at least temporarily)? If not, how do we test the alignment & break angle?
Step 7 (Preparing the neck) is quite a big section - it looks a bit like it should be broken down into a few different steps, but in terms of preparing for finishes it talks about the fretboard but not anything in terms of the back of the neck nor the headstock.
Step 8 (Painting or Staining) This talks a lot about the body but barely touches on the neck (except for being careful in relation to glued necks), and after that comes the next section of Wiring and Final Assembly.
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice!