Hi Matt, welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your Dad and yes, this is a gift from the other side and will mean so much to you as you embark on this journey. You are fortunate enough to have landed on this forum as everyone is very supportive and helpful.

To help us help you can you provide some background as to where the kit came from and was it originally from Pit Bull Guitars? If not, no big deal as there is scope for you to start posting under the non pitbull guitars section. If it is a PBG kit then I suggest you start a build diary and post some photos of the progress made thus far. This will allow others to share ideas, tips and encouragement along the way.

I happen to own a genuine Rickenbacker 4003 which these kits are copied from and there are plenty of PBG ones built on this forum too, so plenty of resources to draw from.

Cheers, Waz