Hardware and Electrics
Electronics consist of Alpha pots and a better quality switch similar to an allparts and has switchcraft jack (with battery clip attached ) and a decent football style jack plate. The only criticism is the quality of soldering and wire used.
The tailpiece and bridge are Sung and better quality than what is supplied in a standard kit. Robust,better chroming and the saddles are solid with no movement. For comparison left to right normal Supply/ Sung/ Gotoh bridges.
The tuners are Zeenco brand and are a little better quality than standard kit.
The pickups are generics and are 8.8K and 11.6k, they do seem a little better quality than the normal kits with the chrome covers.
For me I think there could be a market for these due to the quality of the neck and body timber and the potential for a really nice looking end product and probably suit someone who has built a few kits previously.
I think economically it would be better as a bare kit without the hardware, but I think it would still be up there in price >$500. I think for the timber quality that is reasonable and compares well with what is out there and is definitely cheaper that local material costs of the same quality.
The only things I would change on the body is reduce TOM post hole diameter to allow for use of mainstream brand hardware and a touch less clearance on neck body fit.
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