Having built a few Guitars and Basses over past 3 years most of them have been upgraded or modified in one way or another and felt that it would be a good idea for forum members to share their experiences and also the why, what and how so the broader community can benefit from some of these changes to standard kits.
My kit building journey began about 3 years ago and had been stalking the PBG site for a few months before ordering the 1st kit. At that stage I had no idea what were the essential upgrades, ie the must do items, compared to the higher end desirable but not so important things. Hoping that this part of the forum brings an insight into why some members have chosen to do things a particular way, combined with what they did and how things turned out, whether good, bad or indifferent, as let's face it, not all mods or experiments work out as planned.
By no means should this become a voice to trash the standard kits as they are built to a price and are a great place to start with to create a decent playable instrument at an affordable price. Hopefully this should offer an insight into some of the many optional extras and what to expect based on the reviewer's comments.
I will kick off with the most obvious upgrade and that is the standard guitar tuners which are functional and remain on 2 out of my 7 builds however Adam's special offer for the Grover locking units will be the best $45 - $60 spent on your guitar. Bass tuners are a different story and will create a separate thread with pictures.
Looking forward to seeing and hearing about all the mods & upgrades done by fellow forum members.
Cheers, Waz