Bobby's First build JR-1M

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Originally Posted by bobby_boy

Hahaha, yeah. There are tonnes of guitars I've always wanted, but, couldn't afford. If the kit goes well I now have a way to get them. I still want a 335, SG, explorer and tele :P

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Sounds familiar. I have the Tele kit, am building the explorer as we speak. Never been a fan of the SG, though I am doing an LP kit at the minute. SUCH FUN! and much sanding.

I'm yet to experience the sanding. I'm sure I'll know all about it soon.

Got a call from my wife saying that the kit has been delivered. Looks like Aus post trough it over the fence even though there is 'fragile' all over the box. :mad: Hope it's all ok. I'll check it out when I get home.

That sounds a bit nerve-wracking, but I reckon it'll be OK. They're packed pretty well. When my LP arrived I was sure it'd be stuffed - the box looked like something heavy with a ridge on it had pressed hard into it straight down the middle, each corner was dented in, and there were large divots in the cardboard. But when I opened it up, the axe itself was totally undamaged.

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Originally Posted by bobby_boy

Got a call from my wife saying that the kit has been delivered. Looks like Aus post trough it over the fence even though there is 'fragile' all over the box. :mad: Hope it's all ok. I'll check it out when I get home.

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I keep seeing all these nightmare stories about length of delivery and damage on arrival, I am waiting for one of my deliveries to go utterly pear shaped and smeared in brown. It's got to be getting close to my turn?!

I hope it's all okay when you examine it mate, if there are any issues at all get straight on to Adam so he can put a rocket up Aust post.

sounds like a great plan, enjoy

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Originally Posted by FrankenWashie

I keep seeing all these nightmare stories about length of delivery and damage on arrival, I am waiting for one of my deliveries to go utterly pear shaped and smeared in brown. It's got to be getting close to my turn?!

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Sounds like you've got a good local parcel contractor! Give him a beer this Christmas and beg him not to quit!

The last guy in this area was excellent before he retired, but the new guy's a lazy idiot - about a quarter of the time he either doesn't actually show up, doesn't leave a card, or delivers my parcels to the neighbour's place instead (or vice versa).

That said it's super rare that I get something that's actually damaged, and I'd rather run around and collect stuff than deal with broken items.

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Originally Posted by UpperCaseH

Sounds like you've got a good local parcel contractor! The last guy in this area was excellent before he retired, but the new guy's a lazy idiot - about a quarter of the time he either doesn't actually show up, doesn't leave a card, or delivers my parcels to the neighbour's place instead (or vice versa).

That said it's super rare that I get something that's actually damaged, and I'd rather run around and collect stuff than deal with broken items.

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I should be thankful for small mercies I guess, where I live and where I work are pretty well serviced and are the kinds of areas that would insure that a crap delivery contractor won't be around long.

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll post later this arvo when I get home and hopefully add some pics as well.

sorry I missed your question earlier Bob, yea I upgraded to a gold Schaller