A first kit for Christmas: JMA-1L

[Sonic Mountain]

I think he means the alignment of the tuner holes. Pretty normal unfortunately. Otherwise it looks like a great kit. It all looks normal, the humbucker should be fine.

You will find the pieces in that bag of parts will soon reveal their jobs. The springs are to hold the bridge in and are used as part of the tremolo. Just work through it one thing at a time and you will be fine.

I must ask - are you typing French into a translator or transcribing to English yourself? There are a couple of odd words used - but it still makes sense

[Volgar]

I do twice

[Sonic Mountain]

I just translated my post into french and back into english. The result was very funny, but was still mostly accurate.

Cela aide à savoir que c'est ce qui se passe. J'espère que je n'ai pas offensé, toutes mes questions et commentaires sont avec de bonnes intentions.

[Volgar]

Don’t worry, there’s no problem

[Brendan]

I'm guessing that the Humbucker was wax potted - part of the build process - its a good thing as it will apparently reduce noise. Don't worry about the back of the humbucker.
As for the bag of bits - see below.

[Simon Barden]

There seems to be a separate bag of tuner ferrules and washers as well as the set in the multi-bag. They may both fit the tuners, or else one may fit better than the other set.

[Sonic Mountain]

Very impressive Sonic.

I just used google translate. My real word French is limited to asking where the travel information centre is

[Volgar]

I just used google translate. My real word French is limited to asking where the travel information centre is

Not bad ! 😜


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Should I put putty then sand or reverse?

[Sonic Mountain]

Should I put putty then sand or reverse?

You will need to sand the excess putty off - so sanding after putty will be needed.

I would do some sanding first to make sure all the shapes and curves of the guitar are correct. It's also helpful for finding any small imperfections that you may want to fix.

[Volgar]

Ok thank you ! Can you tell me what grade of sandpaper should I use at each step?