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I got this guitar kit from thefretwire.com, and just a reminder you can use coupon code GUNSNGTRS to save $10 off your order there. Unboxing this kit I noticed the usual things I tend to see from any kit I get from thefretwire, the body has nice wood grain (for basswood anyway) And the neck is nice and straight, and the frets have been leveled, crowned, and sort of polished. The headstock resembles Bart Simpson more than a mosrite headstock, I imagine that is to avoid trademark issues. The neck features something really cool that I didn’t expect. A zero fret, though how it’s currently set up it’s useless with that crazy high nut piece. More on that later. The electronics come with Johnny Ramone style pickups, a mini humbucker in the neck, and a strat pickup at the bridge. None of the electronics came pre wired, but it’s a very simple setup just like the p90 jazzmaster kit I reviewed with just the two pickups, 3 way switch, master volume and master tone. Even if you don’t have any wiring or soldering skills, this should still be a piece of cake.
Building this thing was extremely easy, all the holes were pre drilled, so to assemble it all I needed was a couple of Philips head screw drivers, and a 10mm wrench.
British guy “no it’s called a 10mm spanner”
Wow my British accent sucks. Sorry guys. Not trying to offend anyone. Though I probably still did.
Wiring it was simple, except that the bridge pickup was short on its lead wires. So I had to flip it upside down and then it barely reached the selector switch. And even still, the lead wires are taught and therefore can’t follow the routing to the selector. It’s just traveling straight there over the top of the body, which makes the pickguard a bit wonky.
Overall build time was actually less than 45min. Like I said it’s a super simple build. I did the entire thing during my kids nap time, including the wiring and soldering…
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