Not my first kit, but is my first time 'officially' documenting the process. To be fair, I got the kit a while ago, and for various reasons did not pick it up again until recently.
Initial issues I think are self-inflicted - had a few little dings in the face of the body, and because I was planning on doing a semi-seethrough/hazy finish had to sand them out. that is the easy bit! I stained the face black and have somewhat sanded it back and the grain is positively beautiful, multidimensional tiger stripe stuff so am really happy I spent that time. Do have a few glue niggles around the edge near the binding in a few little places I am sorting out before I do the full dark burst around it but for now am OK with the body.
The one thing I'll not easily be able to work around is on the neck - the nut is a right-handed one which will not work that well. I still have a ton of work to do on the body still so no rush there, but would appreciate some guidance on who I could go to in order to get a replacement lefty nut, or other suggestions!
Pix to come when I can - life-stuff keeps getting in the way...
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