First build

[Trevor Davies]

Hi Tgraham,

The bridge post inserts are a tight fit as they are held in place by friction.

Normally, on a solid body kit I hammer them in with a block of wood between the hammer and the insert. I'm not sure I would want to do this with a hollow body.

With the FH kit, I assume there must be a solid block of wood under the top where the posts go. Can you insert a clamp through the bridge pickup cavity and below the block? Then you could use the clamp to force the post into the hole!

[Tgraham]

Thanks once again Trevor, yes there is a block under where the bridge posts go so I will go with the clamp process I think.
Cheers
Graham

[neverwas]

Hi Graham
I have done similar kits and the gaps where the neck fits to the body usually need a little finesse, yours is not a bad one.
Trevor has already posted a very good pic of how to mock up inserting the bridge posts for a TOM (tune o matic) type bridge ( go to #7)
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ad.php?t=12645

If you move this to a new thread in the Build Diary section more people will see it and help where needed.

This gentlemanly G brand thinks orange is OK.


Grant

[Tgraham]

Thanks Grant yeah I feel pretty how the neck fits now and thanks to Trevor I used clamps to get the bridge posts in today - went really well. Love the orange
Cheers
Graham