My kit showed up today...on a SATURDAY! It actually got here, all the way from Australia to the wilds of Northwest Montana, in only FIVE DAYS! Lets hear it for the Australian postal/shipping service!
Shipped with a set of Slinkies...thanks!
Kit looks good It's to bad that when they did the body, they didn't center the middle slab or I would go with that. Oh well...figured maple on the way. I don't want to waste it
Neck is nice and snug. Looks like someone put thin bits of veneer in the pocket to assure a good fit. Since I didn't do it myself and thus can't be sure how well they were glued in, I'll probably re-do them so I don't get a failure down the road. there's also a slight crack inside the pocket, but it doesn't go all the way through, so I'm not going to worry about it. Titebond will take care of it fine.
The neck looks good. Apparently this was the last of these kits in inventory. I wonder if I got rosewood or this "blackwood" I've been hearing about. I've seen some complaints about the blackwood, so I'm hoping it's the last of the rosewood. It LOOKS like rosewood.
After test fitting the neck, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to carve the heel, etc. to get the look/feel/seamless transition I want. It's not a whole ton of wood, though carving on the neck makes me a little nervous. Oh well, no guts, no glory...
So the plan is to do some ergo stuff to it and put a 1/8" quilted maple top on it. Then I'm going to do some inlay work with differently figured maple (a nice, big BOC Kronos symbol...should be nuts). and stain the two types of figured maple different colors to make the symbol stand out. Any examples of anyone else trying this? Could be great...could be a disaster...
So what does everyone think? A red and black guitar or blue and black? Three humbuckers? Can I fit four? (kidding), gold or black hardware? I was looking at some black gold foil pickups...hmmm...
It's not going to be very "traditional," that's for sure...hahaha
It's to bad that when they did the body, they didn't center the middle slab or I would go with that. Oh well...figured maple on the way. I don't want to waste it
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