Hey all, this is my first Kit Build, also my first hollow body, first archtop etc. I've built a few solid bodys from scratch with an eye to one day attempting a hollow body based on this, which I'll tackle one day.
My last scratch build was a double cut-away based on a Duesenberg solid. I used all genuine Duesenberg hardware and parts apart from the Schaller roller bridge with adjustable string spread. It was a through body stringing and it played very nicely through my Laney 30W valve amp. I've now cannibalised that guitar to use the hardware on my GR-1SF build and happy that I bought the particular Schaller bridge as the Tune-o-matic type bridge supplied with the kit is patently unsuited for use with a tremolo. I'm intending to also use the electrics from my Doozy build in the GR-1SF too. Completely in the dark whether the components will suit my build. I guess ill have to fill some pot holes or put fake pots in.
So, off I go - intrepidly - to the great unknown.
Cheers
Mike
GR-1SF Archtop Part 1
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