Instructions and guidance

[GlennGP]

While I was away I visited a friend in Canberra building an ES, and we had a chat about the kits and exchanged war stories about building them.

We love the value of the kits, and the superb result you can get out of them if you take it carefully and don't hesitate to seek out advice.

One thing we agreed would be useful is a guide to what's in the hardware bag. With the simpler kits the process of elimination is pretty short to work out what you need to go where, but we're both reasonably cluey blokes. I can't imagine how baffled a less intuitive customer might be with the bag-of-bits for a more complex kit. So, our "Christmas Wish" is for a sheet of paper to be added which simply sets out a description of what is in each part of the hardware bag. A single piece of paper with a tabulated description, in the same layout as the bag, is all that's required, e.g. "8 x scratchplate screws".

Obviously, if they're not produced consistently, you can't do this. I'd be surprised if that's the case, though. And it's a pretty simple way to avoid some pretty big mistakes!

Adam, for your consideration.

[keloooe]

Yes, I spent a good hour or two determining what goes where...

[Gavin1393]

Glenn, what about posting some pics on the forum under the forum heading perhaps. There are so many models and so many of the screws will be obvious in no time in terms of where they go, for example the Neck Plate, Pickguard Screws, tuner screws etc. I'm sure there is a list used in the factory but I'm guessing it's not in Engerish!

[GlennGP]

Gav, not a bad idea. I, for one, would be willing to take a pic of the hardware bag and annotate it each time I do a kit, but I'm highly unlikely to get through the full range!

Perhaps if all the regulars commit to doing this, it would serve the purpose and come close to full coverage in time.

[pablopepper]

Quote from GlennGP on April 2, 2013, 16:26
Perhaps if all the regulars commit to doing this, it would serve the purpose and come close to full coverage in time.

I've got an es-1g due tomorrow, I'd be happy to document it.

What sort of photos should we take? I'm assuming one of the unopened bag of screws etc. and one of the rest of the loose bits. Photo of the neck and body is probably superfluous. And a detailed list of everything.

A bit too late with my bass kit.

[GlennGP]

Well, I originally thought a simple table on A4 paper, which would be easy and cost-effective for Adam would be the go ... but since we're talking about taking this into our own hands, here's an example of something that might work.



Bear in mind I cropped this from the ST-1 pic, so the resolution isn't very good, and therefore I wasn't able to actually identify some of the bits (and may have made errors with other bits), but the idea is the key thing here.

This was done quick and dirty - I cropped the photo in MS Paint, inserted it into a Word doc and then added the text boxes and arrows, grouped all elements and exported them back to Paint to save as a single jpg. Basic, but effective!

[Gavin1393]

Glenn, this seems like a workable solution. Well done on the initiative. I'm sure that there will be folks whose confidence will be boosted knowing that there is help at hand with this.

[dingobass]

Nice one Glenn.

It would be a good idea to start a new section in the FAQ section for this.

[adam]

Hey great initiative Glenn and everyone.

[pablopepper]

Okay, ES-1G showed up today (hooray!!). I'm just gonna post what I've done. Let me know if there need to be any changes and feel free to use these as you like.