Harry,
The shipping point, I will concede and other kit companies likely add it to their cost so yes I take that back
Bridge ground hole- all I can say is that every other kit which is sold ready to assemble had the bridge ground hole drilled. Because a long drill bit is not something that most people has (I only bought my fist set last week)
Good points though and I would like to maintain my objectivity so should fight my own emotional reaction!
INTP- The passive MM pickups are surprising nice. The set up gives good tonal control. I would not obviously expect this to sound like a real bongo. The ability to select and change tone for each pup get you from heavy thick bass to a fairly bright top end off the bridge. To me it ends up a bit more flexible than the P/J that I have build from a kit. Since it i not fair to compare what you get to an active pup eaualized preamp bass, I would not try but will say this kit and the pups sound really good to me!
MPU- YES! I really wanted to just modify the pickgaurd, I really would have preferred to do just that! The problem was, with the bridge mounted in the correct position for the scale and intonation, and the position was potentially influenced by my aggressive beveling (not by enough to solve the problem) Had I trimmed the pickguard to clear the bridge, I would have had to eliminate, essentially cut through the shape of the entire pickguard, thus destroying it.
I would say that nobody should make a decision whether or not to buy this kit based only on my review! With any kit, you have to expect that you are getting inexpensive components and then you are responsible for making a nice guitar. I must point out though, other kits were much easier to assemble.
Jose- Yes! I do owe you all a final picture. I am really proud, if nothing else, of how unique this kit turned out for me. It actually sounds pretty good too!
Brent
The shipping point, I will concede and other kit companies likely add it to their cost so yes I take that back
Bridge ground hole- all I can say is that every other kit which is sold ready to assemble had the bridge ground hole drilled. Because a long drill bit is not something that most people has (I only bought my fist set last week)
Good points though and I would like to maintain my objectivity so should fight my own emotional reaction!
INTP- The passive MM pickups are surprising nice. The set up gives good tonal control. I would not obviously expect this to sound like a real bongo. The ability to select and change tone for each pup get you from heavy thick bass to a fairly bright top end off the bridge. To me it ends up a bit more flexible than the P/J that I have build from a kit. Since it i not fair to compare what you get to an active pup eaualized preamp bass, I would not try but will say this kit and the pups sound really good to me!
MPU- YES! I really wanted to just modify the pickgaurd, I really would have preferred to do just that! The problem was, with the bridge mounted in the correct position for the scale and intonation, and the position was potentially influenced by my aggressive beveling (not by enough to solve the problem) Had I trimmed the pickguard to clear the bridge, I would have had to eliminate, essentially cut through the shape of the entire pickguard, thus destroying it.
I would say that nobody should make a decision whether or not to buy this kit based only on my review! With any kit, you have to expect that you are getting inexpensive components and then you are responsible for making a nice guitar. I must point out though, other kits were much easier to assemble.
Jose- Yes! I do owe you all a final picture. I am really proud, if nothing else, of how unique this kit turned out for me. It actually sounds pretty good too!
Brent
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