Who'd a thunk it? A little relief and the first fret is behaving and the rest of the board is good. I might even be able to get a smidge lower action out of it.
Left to do:
- Set it up for strap locks. Currently has a set of mismatched button holders that are screwed in over the junk strap on it.
- Trim the excess off the strings.
- Reduce the pot height so I can't see the nuts under the knobs. That'll probably be a job on the next string change.
- Shut up and play it.