The ES-5V kits recently came back into stock, so I finally picked one up. Everything looks great so far, the main concern now, though, is the neck pocket. The pocket is extremely tight, it was a chore to get it into place even after letting it settle for a couple weeks.
With the neck pushed all the way down it looks too flat to fit the bridge in. After a test with some wire, the strings would sit about 6mm off the fretboard with the bridge in place, and all the way down. My guess is a shim is going to be required to get this neck to sit right, is that correct?
So far the plan is to stick with no routing other than a volume knob. I'm going to use this bridge I found on Amazon, and lay one of these piezo pickups under the saddle. The body is really nice looking, so I'd like to keep it as minimalist as possible
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