DAY 1
It begins!
Finally had some time this morning to set up a bit of a work bench in the "packing room" (sorry Phil).
Nice view of the Street and the cardboard boxes piling up on the front porch (yes, the blinds desperately need a clean).
I randomly picked out one of the 30 ES-5V kits I'd purchased. I didn't go through them to pick out "a good one", they all look pretty good... plus I'm extremely lazy.
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Neck fit looks very good, the neck is straight and there's just a couple of very minor flaws. There's a small (less than 1mm in diameter) chip in the rosewood fretboard, just behind one of the frets. Plus there's a very shallow 'hollow' in the edge of the fretboard around the 15th fret. Can't really see it but I can feel it when running my thumb over it.
The edge hollow doesn't concern me but I will need to fill the fretboard surface chip.
There's some really nice basswood grain, front and back, which I think will come up nicely with the Dingotone burst I have in mind.
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Here's the look I have in mind:
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No plans for upgrades at this stage, although one of John Benson's Custom P-90 Dog Ear pickups would be nice.
So, while I'm waiting on Dingobass for his custom burst kit (Black Stump, Nullabor Ochre, Karijini Red and Coolangatta Gold based), I guess it's time to start sanding.
