Well, the big day has arrived and so has my kit!!!!!!!
It hung around in Perth for a couple of weeks waiting for a flight and then nearly a week in customs but it arrived today and I must say, I am impressed.
I checked it all carefully including the hardware although I am replacing most of that.
The veneer to binding is near perfect with none of the splintering that others have seen. It will have a 2 colour stained finish and then multiple coats of 2k lacquer sprayed on - plus some artwork on the back.
So .... I got to work measuring the scale length, neck fit and angle and then the fit of the pu's.
Problem.
The kit says 628mm scale length so I set it up for that (photo below) with the bridge high E would all the way forward.
It is a roller bridge but I tried the supplied tune-o-matic bridge with the same result.
The neck sits into the pu cavity.
The crown of the 12th fret sits at 312.5mm (625mm scale length????).
Now I could just extend the neck pu cavity backwards a bit but that still leaves a small hole right up by the neck/pu surround/guitar face (photo below).
Or maybe cut unto the neck just under the end binding and recess the pu surround under it if that makes sense.
Or maybe shorten the rear of the neck after first removing the binding etc.
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