First Build JM-1

[Fretworn]

Whereabouts in SA are you? There may be someone here who can give you some hands on assistance. (Although the only other croweater I can remember here was Andyport.)

[Sheven]

alright the guitar is finally finished! i like to thank every one who helped me through the guitar building process. Kimball i really appreciate all the advice you have given me!
So i started with the Tremolo claw and drilling it in. at first i though the claw was bent but it was fine. so i screwed in the screws and soldered the earth wire i then had to hammer the posts in to the wood. .i did hammer it very slowly no cracks appeared fortunately. moving on to the springs i had use a pair of pliers to attach to the bridge. probably the hardest bit. i then had to hammer the posts in to the wood. i did file the frets a little bit so hopefully it doesn't matter. i did have a massive probably with fret buzz holding down the fret. so i took it to my local music centre and they said the truss rod was to tight so the neck was on an angle. so they loosened it however the nut is to high. which i have to file then bring it back. but it sounds fine so i'm not to concerned with it. although it does have the tiniest ding on the high e when you pick up but other wise there is no problems.

[wokkaboy]

looks good Sean, be worth spending some time with the setup and you should have a great sounding axe

[kimball492]

Pleasure Sean, I'm glad your gettng it all together. As Woks said now you've done the build get that setup sorted you'll have great guitar. Dad made a great job of spraying that guitar too great joint effort.

[gavinturner]

The finish looks amazing! Great job.

cheers,
Gav.