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    My Diary - LPA-1, First time Pit bull Builder

    Hi Folks!
    First time Pit Bull builder here, and Im eagerly waiting my LPA-1 to be delivered (which will be tomorrow, I believe).

    This will be my third guitar, but first that I've built myself - My other two are referbs (One was a REALLY sick Ibanez RG-550) and both sing like mocking birds, so I have a little bit of confidence with this kit.

    The only thing that worries me a little is the set neck - I've not done a set neck before, and Im a little worried about getting it wrong. Yes, I've looked at information in the forums, but in reality, if I don't know what Im looking for, Im not entirely sure if I've even FOUND the right information.

    When I have more questions I'll certainly ask them - I guess my first one is, is there any particular rules that I need to follow RE: lengths, angles, etc? There's information on the forums about this, but it's a more of a yes you can, no you can't, yes you can sort of thing - doesn't help a person if they don't know what they are looking for...

    ANYWAYS - Excited to get this started. I'll have questions, as I said, but Im also excited to share my happy snaps of this, and it's two older siblings (Banzie and Eltie) as I through.

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    Overlord of Music Andy40's Avatar
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    Hi depictedminds.

    Welcome to the forum. great first kit. fantastic build. still love mine. Have you watched the pitbull video for setting the neck?

    Its in these video guides http://www.pitbullguitars.com/videos/
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    Are we referring to the video that doesnt exist? Theres one there thats missing (after the screw in neck video). The one with measurement guides gave me a lot more confidence but id love to know what else they had on the missing video. ..

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    Overlord of Music Dedman's Avatar
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    Hi Depictedminds, welcome!
    I've done 2 set necks and had no probs. The important thing is to do a dry build with your bridge in position and tuners on the neck for both E strings, clamp the neck in place and run both E strings ( no need for tuning tension) . Check they run straight and that the break angle of the neck gives a decent action height. I had no probs with mine but careful sanding and or shimming will fix any issues. ( I don't remember too many people having problems)
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    I have also done a few set necks and the LP was by far the easiest.

    Have a read through this post in which Gavin has collated a lot of great info that will be relevant.
    http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=1895
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    Awesome. So feeling a lot better atm. Will do this when arrives and post progress. Thanks for the info so far!

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    Ok - potential silly question.

    With this kit, I wanna get a bone nut for it. They have F type and G type guitars. Am I silly, or do I not know what kind of Nut Im supposed to get. Im assuming the kit I have is a G-Type guitar?

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    Correct. G for gibson.
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    Excellent. P for purchased.

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    Overlord of Music Andy40's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by depictedminds View Post
    Excellent. P for purchased.
    So worth it.....so much tone with the bone bro
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