Hi everyone. I've been reading the forum for a bit now, but this is my first post as I just received my custom made EXA-7. I've done some soldering in the past and besides what products to use, I'm quite okay with the sanding and staining part.
I just did my mock built and in general it looks okay, but there are a couple of things that worry me + one that doesn't worry me as such, but it has already gone wrong.
The simplest one is that one of the tuning pegs that come with the basic kit does not work. The thread inside seems to be damaged and I can't fit the nut that sits on the top side of the headstock. While disappointing, this is just a matter of changing the tuning peg.
The two things that do worry me is that the neck seems to be taller on the 7th string side by half a millimetre and I don't know if this is normal or not. It took me a long time to properly measure the distance because reading 1/2 is hard for my eyes, but I could definitely notice a bit of an angle.
The second one is that I suspect the routing for the floyd rose bridge may be a bit short on one side and doesn't seem to give enough space for the bit under the bridge where the whammy bar fits. In my overall mock, the bridge sat fine in the whole, but it was very high to allow the "strings" to remain straight, but once I let it "fall" into the cavity, it hits the wood on the side of the whammy bar.
Are these two things something to be worried about? Are they normal? Or am I expected to do a bit more routing?
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