Adam's ES-5V

[adam]

DAY 1

It begins!

Finally had some time this morning to set up a bit of a work bench in the "packing room" (sorry Phil).

Nice view of the Street and the cardboard boxes piling up on the front porch (yes, the blinds desperately need a clean).

I randomly picked out one of the 30 ES-5V kits I'd purchased. I didn't go through them to pick out "a good one", they all look pretty good... plus I'm extremely lazy.



Neck fit looks very good, the neck is straight and there's just a couple of very minor flaws. There's a small (less than 1mm in diameter) chip in the rosewood fretboard, just behind one of the frets. Plus there's a very shallow 'hollow' in the edge of the fretboard around the 15th fret. Can't really see it but I can feel it when running my thumb over it.

The edge hollow doesn't concern me but I will need to fill the fretboard surface chip.

There's some really nice basswood grain, front and back, which I think will come up nicely with the Dingotone burst I have in mind.



Here's the look I have in mind:



No plans for upgrades at this stage, although one of John Benson's Custom P-90 Dog Ear pickups would be nice.

So, while I'm waiting on Dingobass for his custom burst kit (Black Stump, Nullabor Ochre, Karijini Red and Coolangatta Gold based), I guess it's time to start sanding.

[Brendan]

Floored. Adam's building again! Bold move Adam - having seen some early "samples" - are you ready for a burst? .

[adam]

Probably not, BP. However, there are plenty of burst Gurus on here who I'm sure will be able to offer advice.

Looking forward to it.

[andrewdosborne]

Good stuff Adam, mine is also in transit due mid next week itching to get started on it, let the archtop fest begin!

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[wokkaboy]

great stuff Ads good to see you having a crack at a build. Look forward to the progress. Nice workbench you set up. Have fun with the sanding, everyone's favourite part of the build haha

[Andy40]

Can't wait

[dingobass]

Pretty confident that Adam will pull this build off.
A bloke that can assemble Ikea furniture without losing his shit and not have any screws left over should be able to nail a PBG build

[wokkaboy]

I agree DB, I reckon Ads would have learnt 3+ years of tips on the forum so I'm confident it will be a big improvement on his early builds.
Good luck with the sanding Ads !

[WeirdBits]

It's a great looking kit, I can't wait to see it with the burst on. Good luck Adam!

(and no black rattle cans in sight!)

[adam]

Pretty confident that Adam will pull this build off.
A bloke that can assemble Ikea furniture without losing his shit and not have any screws left over should be able to nail a PBG build

24 hours and still standing.

Kinda wishing I still played PC Games