Hello! Awaiting the GR-1sf

Hi, First time posting to a forum in a LOOOOOONG time. I have just ordered the GR1 kit and hoping it should be with me between christmas and new year. I am not working between the holidays so it will be sitting on my desk awaiting my return with any luck. (Always more sure about ordering this to go to my work where they are signed in and there is always someone to sign for it) I am from Sheffield Uk, but work in Leeds.

A little about myself. I am a designer and photographer by trade I work in manufacturing for a company that hand builds classic jukeboxes (sound leisure) This is going to help as I have tonnes of people here to ask for advice on woodworking, electronics and the like - however its also going to be a curse... as i will have tonnes of people telling me what I did wrong!! I am a visual person I design these things not build them so im looking forward to getting my hands dirty on the build. Ive built things before - i restored a 62 vw beetle which this guitar will a little homage too. I Dj a lot of vinyl so I have built record boxes and painted them too. I am pretty handy with a spray gun and painting flakes and candies so this lil baby will be a mix of flakes and candies and stains. its going to be bling but subtle...

I will need help. Although I am a guitar player (ish) and I play in a band and record lots I am the sort of guy that gets a shop to look after my guitars - im lucky enough to have a n early 80s epiphone casino and a lovely taylor 12fret - so things like fretting and neck joints and bridge placements scare the bezeeeeejus out of me... so I'll need you guys for support and help.

Ive already got my eye on some pickups on sleezebay as well as a nice roller bridge. upgraded to gotoh tuners and a bone nut.


I will be starting a diary and some videos I hope once the kit comes.. thanks again.

Joe

Welcome along. Lots of knowledge available here for the asking (and I’ve done my fair share of asking). Looking forward to your build diary. I’ll do a custom GR-1SF next year.

Thanks Dark Mark.

Welcome to the Forum BuffaloGhost. High Five for the Epi Casino:)

Well it’s feeling a little more real... just scored some magnatrons on eBay.

They ain’t gold (which would have been perfect from a looks point of view.) but I’m not complaining for the price.


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Welcome to the forum family BuffaloGhost!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome Joe

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Just need to add a guitar kit now.


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Just a quick one, and call me impatient, however, how long does it usually take to reach the uk from Perth? I have a tracking status saying the kit left Perth on the 1st....


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I thought that International posting was pretty quick but Simon Barden could probably answer that better.

I was just eyeing off those TV Jones Filtertrons

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I thought that International posting was pretty quick but Simon Barden could probably answer that better.

I was just eyeing off those TV Jones Filtertrons

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Yep. They are nice :) -

Thanks. I did too. I have record of it leaving Perth on the 1st... and nothing since. I’m trying not to be inpatient. Ha ha. It was already delayed as the factory had run out of basswood.

The good news was that it was made from mohogany instead. - I just thought it might have been a bit quicker. Or at least given an estimated time of arrival.


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Normally just a couple of days... then our customs an post office issues..who send you a postcard to say its here and how much duty is paid... so around 8 days it has been for me....

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Normally just a couple of days... then our customs an post office issues..who send you a postcard to say its here and how much duty is paid... so around 8 days it has been for me....

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Ahh ok. That’s ok then. I’ve not had confirmation that it’s actually arrived in the UK yet. But that maybe just customs delays too. Does the postcard get sent t the delivery address? I’m guessing so. I’m having this sent to my work so I’ll go an check with the goods inwards team.

Or maybe it’s stopped off in Bangkok for a wild weekend....

Thanks lads.



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This was the last thing I got on the 1st


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It can really get slowed up at the UK end, especially at the moment with Christmas/New Year meaning lots of people will have been off and some backlogs. From experience it typically takes 7-8 days to pass through customs before being passed on to the Post Office (at which point you may see 'attempted delivery' on the tracking detail, which isn't true but seems to be the way they get it on their system when there are customs fees to pay) who will then take a couple of days to get the card out giving the duty, VAT and handling charge costs. You can pay that on line and normally get it delivered the next day, or go to the depot, pay there and pick it up.

The kit will have experienced a lot of climatic change, and will have been sitting in cold warehouses in the UK, so it's best to wait a week or so before the body/neck join settles down to see how loose/tight the join actually is. I couldn't fit the neck of my ES-3 in properly before I put it aside and waited.

Thanks Simon, thats a great help. I guess i'm just being impatient. My only concern was that there was no statement of arriving in the UK but I guess it might be until it "clears" in customs that it might not have "officially" arrived... Thanks for the advice on the neck join etc. i will be giving it a good long rest here before the work commences.

Thanks again everyone. I'll keep you all posted. i'm sure you are just SOOOOOO anxious about it all!! - Don't let it keep you all up!

On a side note - something to keep you all envious. i work as a designer for a jukebox manufacturer in the Uk and my next project is a custom box.... for Marshall Amps.. If you ever get a chance to go look around the factory in milton keynes jump at it.. it's a great place!

The wait is excruciating, I’m sure everyone understands.

Kit arrived. Went to collect. Haven’t opened box yet. V excited. On with build diary


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