Ok, so I got super excited when I saw a video of this guy testing these guitars on a YouTube thread. He claimed "it took 20 minutes to set it up", which was a surprise because it took me about 20 minutes to open the box and check the contents! Either he is a B/S artist, or he is super skilled! Sure the soldering was done (thanks!) and the woodwork complete - even holes drilled in all the right places, but for a first-timer, this is going to take a while. My birthday is coming up and my aim is to have it ready by then. I have another week or so and am running on time.