Okay, it's all wired up. I pre-wired it using this ply template which I used on my previous kit builds. I had hoped to fit push/pull pots on this project too. The pick ups are 4 wire ones so I could have had split coil or series/parallel switches on them. However I couldn't fit them into the acoustic chamber with the top glued down so I had to go for the basic standard wiring.
I then carefully fed the controls into the body through the bridge pickup cavity. It was certainly fiddly but not as bad as I was expecting. It only took about 10 minutes using a long screw driver through the jack socket hole and a pair of angled needle nose pliers through the f-hole. The wire you can see in the f-hole got tucked up out of sight against the body using double sided tape.
I then carefully fed the controls into the body through the bridge pickup cavity. It was certainly fiddly but not as bad as I was expecting. It only took about 10 minutes using a long screw driver through the jack socket hole and a pair of angled needle nose pliers through the f-hole. The wire you can see in the f-hole got tucked up out of sight against the body using double sided tape.
I got the action all set up nicely and playing well but then BOLLOCKS #2 occurred... The top E string kept jumping out of it's groove on the bridge. On closer inspection it appeared that I hadn't quite lined up the trapeze tail properly. I ended up having to carefully drill out the screw holes, fill them with dowels, fix the paintwork, and then carefully re-lined up the tail. Once this was done the problems was sorted and it plays really well! The paintwork is a bit patchy at repair site but it's well out of sight unless you specifically look for it.
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