Hello everyone,
After three month I finally picked up my kits from the customs office.
I got myself two kits which will be built in July.
The first one is a JMA-1 with maple 30" neck
It is one of the mahogany bodies that popped up in Feb/March.
Tuners will be Grovers and I will use Twin Loco and 12 Gauge pickups from Warman with a preamp.
I am thinking about staining the fretboard and switching the pickguard either to a black jazzmaster pickguard (that I'd need to could in order to put the bridge/tremolo in) or painting the pickguard from the kit black.
Colorwise I will probably try to pop the grain by staining and sanding it and then oil it with tru-oil.
The second one is a TL-12 body with 27" engineered rosewood neck.
It will be crimson red with black grain, black hardware and black pickguard.
Pickups will be Seymour Duncan AHB-1 Blackout, I will test installing the neck pickup hidden beneath the pickguard to achieve the esquire look.
Unfortunately the neck does not fit the body very well. The pocket is a little too big so there would be some room left and right. The string trough holes seem to be a little off but I will recheck that and it should be within tolerances.
I will try to make the engineered rosewood more sturdy by applying tru-oil.
Cheers