Hello

Howdy all,
I have bought an ES-12G kit. I have never built a guitar before, so lots to learn.
Looking forward to making a start but it will only be in the new year.
At this stage I will put it together with the as supplied bits and see how it goes/sounds.
I have some dyes on the way from Stew Mac. I intend to spray it with Nitro as the final finish.
I have been reading many of the posts here and there is certainly lots of info to digest.

I will start a build thread when I get to it.

While I am at it - have a merry Christmas and happy new year.
Cheers
Roly

Hi Roly, and welcome.

Sounds like you've got a good idea of what you plan to do, which is good. All the best for your build. Seasons greetings to you as well!

Welcome Roly, good luck with the build.

welcome Roly, great kit to start with, jumping in the deep end! Don't worry lots of good advice and experience here to call on if you need it.
Merry Xmas!

Welcome Roly, never built and going for the ES12 - good on you mate, jump in dude!
All the best with it, and plenty of help here

Hi Roly, welcome to the forum the last one of these I've seen was Swanny's ES12. Great kit mate

Hey Roly, welcome to the funny farm, look forward to seeing your build progress. Best of luck with it and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Hi Roly welcome to the forum and you have dived in the deep end with a ES-12G kit. Plans sound great. Ask any questions you have in your buid diary. Best of luck and don't rush the build

Thanks for the welcome.

I like a challenge so based on your comments it looks like have one ..LOL

Plan is black cherry burst finish.

I am an electrical engineer with an electronics background. I also restore old cars, so hoping my panel and paint experience will be applicable in some way. I have some good quality guns that should help with the finish.

I am looking forward to starting but it will only be after christmas. I have an old table that I will cut some practice bodies from to work out the BCB before I start the real one.
Cheers
Roly

sounds like you have ample experience Roly. A good tip to pull the pots through the F hole is to get some 5mm plastic tubing and it fits over the pot shaft.

If you build a good wiring harness that holds its shape (build it on a piece of cardboard with holes poked through in the correct places), on the 335-alike kits you often only need to pull the jack socket through on a piece of string or strong cotton. The rest you can normally simply manipulate into place and push up through the holes with your fingers and maybe some tweezers through the holes.