Hello

[Roly]

Howdy all,
I have bought an ES-12G kit. I have never built a guitar before, so lots to learn.
Looking forward to making a start but it will only be in the new year.
At this stage I will put it together with the as supplied bits and see how it goes/sounds.
I have some dyes on the way from Stew Mac. I intend to spray it with Nitro as the final finish.
I have been reading many of the posts here and there is certainly lots of info to digest.

I will start a build thread when I get to it.

While I am at it - have a merry Christmas and happy new year.
Cheers
Roly

[Simon Barden]

Hi Roly, and welcome.

Sounds like you've got a good idea of what you plan to do, which is good. All the best for your build. Seasons greetings to you as well!

[WeirdBits]

Welcome Roly, good luck with the build.

[Dedman]

welcome Roly, great kit to start with, jumping in the deep end! Don't worry lots of good advice and experience here to call on if you need it.
Merry Xmas!

[stan]

Welcome Roly, never built and going for the ES12 - good on you mate, jump in dude!
All the best with it, and plenty of help here

[Andy40]

Hi Roly, welcome to the forum the last one of these I've seen was Swanny's ES12. Great kit mate

[FrankenWashie]

Hey Roly, welcome to the funny farm, look forward to seeing your build progress. Best of luck with it and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[wokkaboy]

Hi Roly welcome to the forum and you have dived in the deep end with a ES-12G kit. Plans sound great. Ask any questions you have in your buid diary. Best of luck and don't rush the build

[Roly]

Thanks for the welcome.

I like a challenge so based on your comments it looks like have one ..LOL

Plan is black cherry burst finish.

I am an electrical engineer with an electronics background. I also restore old cars, so hoping my panel and paint experience will be applicable in some way. I have some good quality guns that should help with the finish.

I am looking forward to starting but it will only be after christmas. I have an old table that I will cut some practice bodies from to work out the BCB before I start the real one.
Cheers
Roly

[wokkaboy]

sounds like you have ample experience Roly. A good tip to pull the pots through the F hole is to get some 5mm plastic tubing and it fits over the pot shaft.