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    Ponch's ES5-V

    So I finally picked up this kit today. Very excited

    Some piccies of the fresh out of the box product..

    The neck, clean job. Plastic nut to go...





    Nice and straight


    Headstock




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    Neck join, nice and tight. I can lift the body! Needs a small sliver of veneer down one of the sides









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    Body and binding looking good. I'm not looking forward to the sanding...

    It came with an Ernie Ball pick! Well happy as I've lost my 3rd pick this week









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    Geez that looks nice straight out of the box and reckon a colourless natural finish would look good on all that grain you have there.

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    Upgrades - I need to tweak the length of a 50's style Gibbo P90 harness to fit (earth between pots) . I also will be plugging the machine head holes and redrilling for Kluson tuners. All topped off with a headstock veneer carrying some sort of mop inlay.

    Trapeze and bridge to be upgraded (Gibbo chrome style trap and goto floating chrome bridge)

    Finish... Nitro as per this tutorial

    https://youtu.be/IRqp2E3FT7o

    The pickup.. Tbc...






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    Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
    Geez that looks nice straight out of the box and reckon a colourless natural finish would look good on all that grain you have there.
    Yes it has come out of the box looking very promising. One other finish option was to be a light mahogany stain sides back and neck then natural on top... I'll sleep on it...

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    Cool vid on the sunburst effect.....never had the courage to attempt one but that bloke makes it look quite easy.

    I would go with an all over naked look if this was mine.

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    Nice guitar Andrew want one of these kits. The sunburst your doing is a classic and will suit that instrument beautifully.Look forward to seeing what you do. Congrats and will watch how you bring it to life.
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    Looks great Andrew! I'm keen for one of these kits too, so I'm gonna follow your build very closely and see how you go. Gonna be another pearler I'm sure!

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    nice looking kit Ponch, so are the headstock shapes pre-cut ? Some nice upgrades you have planned. Your stain colour choice will change each day till you start ragging it on. I think just about any colour combo will look sweet
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