I wanted to attempt a carved top guitar, and found this other Australian Company shipping necks and bodies to US. The set neck comes bound and is glued at the factory. The neck appears to be set with Epoxy, which means that if it ain't right, I have a guitar shapped canoe paddle! The workmanship is pretty darn good except for some glue or more like epoxy getting slopped on the body. Which means the back of the guitar is now paint grade only! The top is turning out pretty nicely as you can see below. The hardware looks pretty decent as well two KD brand (?) humbuckers.
I will contribute more data if there is interest here. My intention with this guitar is to make it a Playah! first.
I have one added comment at this time and that is that it is really hard working on a guitar that is already bound! Particularly all of the sanding that is required when finishing with Tung Oil.
The honey burst in the images comes from using Transfast water dies on the maple. Lemon Yellow, and Yellow mixed with Dark Red Mahogany.
I purchased some 1/8 inch masking tape on amazon that was worthless, as it did not stick to the binding, or anything for that matter, I should have purchased the expensive stuff from 3M that I normally use. ( I could not find this on Amazon). The 1/4 inch wide 3M Fine Line Tape is a God Send!