It arrived yesterday afternoon, had it delivered to work so I wouldnt have to go to the post office to pick it up. Its looks mint, the body is good quality wood, with no finish as I thought it would be, the neck again is unfinished and even the fretboard is unfinished so I'll have to look into the best way the finish a fretboard - cant wait to get started.The bad thing is I'm a few parts missing:
1. The jack socket and wire
2. The casing that goes around to jack socket
I'm annoined about that like, Ive tried phoning them all day and no ones answering the effing phone. Ive emailed them so hopefully Ill hear from them and they'll send the missing parts out.
Not a major problem as I'll probably not start putting it together untill the body and neck have been finished - a few weeks probably.
If I dont hear from them I can buy them canny cheap online but its the principle, they say the 'Kit includes all parts to build a complete, playable guitar' well the way it was delivered I'd find it hard to play it.
Also the wires do need soldering, the website says 'Electronics are complete and ready for installation. No soldering required just clip the wires together.' I cant see any clips in the kit like and I cant imagine the wires will stay in place just by twisting the wires together.
There are no instructions for the electronics as well but I've found a few schematics on-line for telecaster wiring which dont look too hard. The main wiring for the pickups, switch, volume and tone control is done, they all need all joining together.
But apart from that all the gear looks in pretty good nick, all the holes are pre-drilled, so its a case of staining the body and neck (still dont know how Im gonna do that) then put it together.
We shall see. . .
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