Feeling pretty chuffed with my efforts today! While waiting for the replacement kit I've worked on a potential pickguard. As per the previous post about it, I cut the rough shape with a jigsaw from a 1.6mm aluminium sheet. Today involved a heap of drilling, sanding and filing, before using a green scotchbrite to buff it. The hardest part was the slot for the switch - I used a dremel cutting wheel to get through, then little files to open it up. There's still a fair bit of clean up work required especially the neck pocket at waiting for the neck to match that up right. Also some work with the pickup holes - including drilling for the pickup rings I'll be using - but I'll wait to do a mock build to get eberything lined up. That said, very happy with the results at this point.
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