It finally arrived a few days ago.
Lovely guitar, it's actually perfect for what it is! Sounds beautiful through my Dr.Z Carmen Ghia clean, not sure what that neck pickup is but it's def better than the bridge pup, I'll look into changing that soon.
The guitar by itself is all you guys say it is, the trem is very good, was easy to work with and set up. The intonation worked perfectly with the slinkys 9-46 I put in there, adjusted the string height to taste.
I put in those Raw Vintage springs, all five of them, adjusted the claw, I like the trem bar to be parallel to the body so it's tipping forward aobut 15 or less maybe, had to adjust the string height due to that. Now it's prefect, such a refreshing thing to not muck about with the truss rod!
There's only one issue I need to solve yet besides chaning the bridge pup and switch, I'd much rather prefer the ones found on USA strats and maybe a PIO cap for the tone, this one is too stiff. I suspect the pots are 500k which is good for the HB's, thery're working perfectly.
Ah the issue is a bit of wiggle with the trem bar in, the sleeve pocket has a bit of play and is a bit annoying on something so precise, I'll try packing it with some paper or something, are there any better solutions for this, like lated rubber or something? Hmmmm.. I'm thinking if I can get the the right kind of shrink rubber sleeving, but I suspect the gap is too narrow, but just enough to be annoying, maybe I just need to learn to ignore it.
But man thanks for doing what you guys have been doing, bloody brililant overall!
