Couple kits finally arrived today. The EX custom wasn't entirely finished by the factory so I'll need to work on a few things, specifically fixing the neck humbucker route (somehow wasn't routed for the mounting brackets?) and drilling a hole for the bridge ground wire. And of course shaping the headstock.

Shipping wasn't kind to it either, a corner of the neck pocket broke off. And a corner of the fretboard is cracked all the way through. Not fun.



But thread is for the GS-2Q. It has some black scuffs that will hopefully come out without any problems and quite a few machine marks. Not a big deal, they should sand out. There's also a large glob of glue on the headstock near the nut. Hopefully that will come off and not be soaked all the way through the veneer.

Several big dings on the edge near the rear cavity, had a hard time getting my phone to focus on them.



Another even bigger one on the horn.



And whatever all this is on the back.



I'll try some mahogany filler on all that, but it looks like too much to fully hide.


Neck pocket has some play in it. Will let it sit for a while, and might need to shim the right side.




For the time being I'm going to let it settle after international shipping, and need to get the filler for the holes/dents and some grain filler.