Yeah is fairly much the explorer I was coveting, though I have a few ideas in the pipeline to finnish it. The intonation should be fine as I measured 22.75 when I glued it. I was cutting the bottom of the neck/fingerboard to fit the pickup without having to rout the other side, which has worked really well. I bought what was advertised as 70s lawsuit era Jap pickups from ebay. They are both around 5k and a gorgeous worn gold colour. It isn't set up properly to hear the bridge pickup yet but from the sound of the neck things are quite promising. Really smooth and Explorer like..
I have been using a really nice hand drill I found in the market for 3quid to do all the small screws, unfortunately decidedly wonky in the bridge pickup surround case! Am gutted. Will have to plug holes and redrill I think though it shouldn't show from above.
Next to knock the nut off and have a play around sanding the back of it til the graphite one arrives, and decide on the tuners and decal.
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