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It looks pretty nice, but I agree, better to get some known decent frets in there at this point.
It is a nice feature to have a rosewood binding, so that makes the fret job a little more fiddly, should look nice.
Neck pocket looks pretty good to me, hard to check action with neck not under tension, but if it is flat, you can assume the action will increase with relief, so it might pay to decide how high you want bridge to sit when the guitar is finished, ideally will alow a small amount of adjustment up and down, once strings are on and wood has settled.
All this depends on your choice of strings and action, and is much easier to fix with a bolt on neck.
Patience will be a virtue on this build.
Patience will definitely be the key. I may end up like a stuck record asking lots of qs before I go ahead and risk irreversible damage.
Either way, a bit more complex than refretting on an unbound neck.
although looking at the neck join on this kit that will be more difficult than it would be on a full width tenon used on vintage juniors and specials
before you do anything, just make sure you properly assess how high the bride is going to si once strung up. It may be fine, hard to tell from a pic.
To do this get something to raise the bridge with, a pack of playing cards works well. add cards until your ruler sits at the height you would want you string to be at.... how high is the bridge from the face of the guitar?
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For my next question, the tuner holes are too small for the Gotoh tuners I have. I've seen one video where the holes are opened up with a hand-reamer from each side and then finished off with a run through the hole with a drill. Is this the best approach?
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Often it is only the holes on the back side that need to be enlarged, the front side uses a smaller internal thread.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/reamer-3mm-12mm-carbon-steel-ENGINEER/dp/B002F9MOG2/ref=asc_df_B002F9MOG2/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309816003291&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2029050857407392473&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007040&hvtargid=pla-350914234257&th=1
Very glad that's an easy fix.
Also needed to clean the headstock tuner holes as finish ran in - reamer did a perfect job.
Good luck on the fret work! I assume you only need to replace one - or are you thinking of doing a full refret? I might look for a cheap old neck to learn how to do this on...