First Mock Build
Right out of the box I can say you get a lot of guitar for your money. I think its one of the more expensive kits, but when you unpack it you appreciate how much you get with it. double the necks, double the pups, triple the tuners and quadruple the wiring!
Before buying this kit, I checked out a few from other suppliers and reviews of those double necks. One of the big plusses of the PBG kit is that the body is Basswood and the necks are maple. Each of the parts are fairly light but when you put them together with the 18 tuners on the headstocks the guitar becomes heavy very quickly. I could not imagine building and playing a mahogany version of this kit, unless I was actively seeking back and neck problems.
The necks fit snuggly, in fact the 6 string neck fits without holding it! the 12 string, not so much with tuners on the headstock.
The kit came with two different types of washers for the tuners. The 12's were flat washers but the 6's were indented. (weird) I just grabbed 6 disused flat washers from my ST-1 build and now they match.
The pickguards were actually black white black 3 ply, not just black which is a m a s s i v e bonus!
The body shape is almost faultless, but sanding is required
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