This is my first PBG build and second working on my own.
Current plan is to keep things simple with a nice dark stain on the body, finished with 2-pac clear.
Hoping to find a pickup ring for the neck pickup that matches the gold hardware from PBG and allow me to avoid installing the pickguard.
I have just had a go at clamping the neck and bridge in place so I could check the scale length and make sure that the bridge position would work OK.
I fitted both top and bottom E strings and was able to move the neck around in the pocket to get everything to line up.
There is a fair bit of side-to-side play in the neck pocket which doesn't seem like it will be too much of an issue, my only concern is there will be quite a considerable gap (.5-.8mm) between the top side of the neck and the body. Is anyone aware of an easy way to make this more visually pleasing?
Also, has anybody else experienced the fret markers on the edge of the fingerboard being installed at random heights across the board? I would imagine that this is something I'm going to have to learn to live with but was a bit of a shock when I opened the box.
Thanks in advance for any light your are able to shed for me.
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