So I just got the kit today and I got stuck straight into it. For some reason I can't upload images so I'll try my best to explain it.
The kit came pretty much as I imagined with only a few problems.
1. They sent a Volume Pot and a Tone Pot even though I specified 2 Volume pots
2. There's a quite noticeable hump on the top of the guitar but an orbital sander should fix that
3. They didn't pre-drill a hole for the toggle switch but that turned out to be a good thing and I'll explain why later.
I decided to do things a little differently this time around and I pre-drilled and tapped the majority of holes needed first. The neck seats fine. I got round to putting the pickups into the pickup rings and I test fitted those. The pickups I chose are meant to be Seymour Duncan JB copies. I've heard sound samples of them online and they sound extremely close. I also made the fret ends smoother with a sanding sponge and some 1200 grit sandpaper. The Rosewood fretboard looks amazing. So onto the toggle switch dilemma. When I realised I was a little disappointed, however I quickly realised that I could use this to my advantage. I bought a cheap killswitch on ebay for $5 on top of the toggle switch. I probably wouldn't have been able to use the kill switch if there was a pre-drilled hole for the toggle switch, however, now I can drill 2 holes next to each other and have both the toggle switch and the killswitch on the guitar.
The next step will be to start prepping for paint work. I guess I'll burn that bridge when I get there.
- Pony
EDIT: Ok I figured out how to use Imgur so here are the photos.
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