Hi there. I m alex from Greece. A month ago i ordered my first kit ever. An fs1. Unfortunately i m from greece , and i didnt considered the total cost by ordering from australia. For a 153 euro kit , i' ve paid ( including taxes and shipping cost) a total of 300 euro. I hope worths it.
A first overall impression is really good. The things i m worried the most, was some glue spots on the headstock and on the sides of he body, that despite sanding seemed to be there forever. So not sure what kind of glue was used .
Some imperfections on the binding , and the 5 piece body which was not mention on the description. Its a hollowbody and it seems rather to be filled in with scrapwood rather than been routed out.
The overall thoughs thought ,are good enough. Good flame maple top veeneer, right mesurments, very well shaped.
I ve cut the headstock to a strat style and considering to use a gibson standard humbucker set i use to have.
I used Clou water based stains for coloring. Now i m in the fifth coat of clou oil (hartol) which hopefully its close to true oil which is not available in greece and its really difficult to find similar products in the market. Considering applying two or three more coats of oil and then ready to start setting things up..
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