Gday all..

I'm new here and to guitar building.. so i decided to get me a semi-hollow bass to start me off..

The kit arrived yesterday with a nice fat bill from our local customs (not very funny)
i was pleasantly surprised by the look of the parts.. and at 1st dry fitting the neck seemed to fit the body perfectly.. so tight in fact that i could pick the whole thing up by the neck..
On closer inspection however i found that the neck wasn't properly aligned.. it would have been off by a full cm at the bridge had i mounted it like that.. oh well nothing a file and a bit of sandpaper can't fix.. other than that i just started the sanding yesterday..
today i decided to tackle the wiring.. so i made myself a little carboard template and started soldering.. even for me (a novice solderer) it was pretty easy..

anywho.. next up is some more sanding so maybe tomorrow i can start with the staining.. i'm going to try a blue stain over a sanded back black (also a 1st for me) and to make it more interesting i'm thinking of using regular pen ink for the black..

will try to post pics soon as i have something to show that you haven't seen before.