Wotcha from the UK

[rhyd]

Hiya - Santa delivered me a fantastic looking EXA-1 kit from Pitbull Guitars yesterday. Really looking forward to planning and building the guitar. Thought I'd drop a line here to say hello before creating the build diary. I'm based in the UK. Never built a guitar before but have played for 30+ years since I was 11.

I did think about hydro-dripping the body but, now that I've got it, I think a natural finish might be better (similar to my dream guitar when I was a kid - a Hamer Diablo...). Lots of other decisions to make — e.g. should I replace the pickups with something from Bare Knuckle or EMG — so looking forward to getting stuck in.

Cheers!
Rhyd

[Trevor Davies]

Hi and welcome rhyd.

+1 for natural finish as there is some nice grain in the ash. The neck has a nice pattern also.
And yes, there are lots of decisions you have to make - Or, lots more guitars to build (I went with the latter!).

[Johnbamb]

Check the break angle before you set the neck. Make sure you have enough play on the TOM to get the action right.