Have you considered simply sanding the underside of the cover down until it’s thin enough? I’d tape it down to a board with double sided tape, then you should be able to use an electric sander on it (if you don’t fancy doing it all by hand).
As for the thumbnail orientations, some photo editors don’t write the rotation instructions in a way that is correctly interpreted by other display utilities. Try rotating the pics in another editor and see if that works.
Found some 2mm plastic to make a new cover plate looks pretty close to the other cover not a bad match $12 cant complain.
The kit would look cleaner in my opinion if the lead plug was in the same place as the LP/TELE.
I off set the tuner's also for a bit of difference along with the bowie tag on the headstock making it a one off.
All up came out well, the local music shop who set it up said it was well made and had lots of positive customer comments.
Last edited by Senobi; 23-07-2022 at 01:09 PM.
Reason: straightening up pics