Hello + Poll

Hello! I'm fairly new to building, and I thought a kit would be a good first bet. I ordered a custom RCM-4QF (I guess it'd be... Quilted Maple over Mahogany with a Fretless neck?) in early July and was delighted to have it on my doorstep.

Now, here's the problem. I expected it to arrive next week, so I haven't got any finishing supplies.

In the poll below, please indicate your vote for how I should finish it.

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(also, I actually have no idea how to make a poll using this forum stuff, so I guess just comment)

-'Jetglo' - Jet black
-Tobacco Burst
-Natural

if I didn't vote black many people would think my account had been hacked.

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Originally Posted by Dedman

if I didn't vote black many people would think my account had been hacked.

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C'mon Deddy, haven't we seen enough black ones of these? They do look good in other colours too hence why I voted Tobacco Burst.

-Tobacco Burst!

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Originally Posted by Kick

-Tobacco Burst!

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Same for me

Welcome and tobacco from me!


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with parts (on, but not installed)
I bought a legit rickenbacker pickup (pictured left).

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Black for me.

Other here have used the authentic bridge and found that they needed to route below it to lower the action. Make sure you do a full mock up first and test the alignment and action in case you need to do likewise.

I'll check with hipshot on that.

welcome to the forum Fatcat, kit looks awesome. I voted tobacco burst. It's bit of a shame to cover up so much of the quilted maple with the pickguard so I'd consider pruning them down in size, maybe the neck pup could have a small pickguard mount around that and enough pickguard to cover the control cavity.
Best of luck. Looks like tobacco burst is winning the poll so far !

Welcome to the forum Fatcat, glad to have you along, I look forward to seeing what you do with this one

welp, poll closes tomorrow, so I'm going to go buy some supplies for a tobacco-burst. I'm also going to go move this project to the 'my build diary page'.