As I said above, I'm in no rush and at present am getting the parts together from various sources. Alterations are as follows:
1. Replace supplied Tune o Matic with a roller bridge (on order from Australia) I'm in London by the way. I was tempted to do Moslike tremolo/bridge from ebay but at this stage being a first build it's a bit daunting.
2. Replace bridge pickup with an FS-1 (on order)
3. Replace knobs with Mosrite style types from Kurokumo (on order from Japan)
4. Replace tuners with Kluson 'Butter Beans', arrived from Germany.
I've read the full builds on here and have one major query. The neck fits nicely into the body, not quite as tight as I was expecting but no slop, however I wasn't expecting the fretboard to overhang with body with the pickguard in place by around 3-4mm. There's no way of seeing a proper one in the flesh to see if they're all like it and it's not obvious on the build diaries so is this correct? I realize the paint finish build up will lower it by a mm but the idea or taking a mm of the back of the neck and pocket is quite daunting for a newbie.
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