My lovely girlfriend (under my guidance I'm sorry to say) bought me an SG guitar kit for my birthday past year and it's fair to say I've cocked it up right the way through. However nothing that couldn't be stripped back and fixed, and I've learnt a lot.
However the stupid fools that made it have made the bridge pick up cavity about a third to a half of a centimetre too small for the pickup to fit in when you screw the pickguard in, so when I put it in the guard was on a squiff and in the process I've ruined my paint job.
The manufacturer is called Stretton Payne and the shop was Rockstar Academy http://www.rockstaracademy.co.uk/electric-guitar-sg---diy-kit---build-your-own-guitar-165-p.asp and they've not even bothered to reply to my emails which suggests they know their product is shit. Avoid them like the plague. EDIT: They have since proven themselves to be helpful in generously sending me a new body, so credit to them for resolvingAnyway, apart from advertising in the classifieds asking if anybody happens to have a stripped SG body, I was wondering how I can fix the pickup cavity problem. It's the scree on the side of the pickup that's causing the problem. Can it be done?
I've bought a wudtone finishing kit thing now so would like to get this one stripped back again and sorted but can't help feeling the pile of junk can't be worked into anything any good.
The girlfriend doesn't know I'm having trouble with it, if is bought it myself I'd Chuck it in the garden rubbish and just get a decent one. But in tied now to finishing it.
Thanks
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http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a639/matthew_goodwin1/Mobile Uploads/IMG_20160118_204416_zpshgdgglem.jpg
And the pick guard on the wonk:
http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a639/matthew_goodwin1/Mobile Uploads/IMG_20160118_204353_zpsr6igdpny.jpg
Hence my thought of secretly replacing it so I'm stuck with a nice guitar not a crap one
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I am happy to take a look at the SG for you
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Any ideas how I can do it?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Shall I just get one of those cheap Gibson SG ones in guitar guitar and pretend to the missus its the same thing?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a639/matthew_goodwin1/Mobile Uploads/IMG_20160206_230428_zpsp2vhesjg.jpg
I've managed to get it out and do it the easy you say, much better than the instructions. I'm thinking of sending them an annotated got of the manual when I've finished it correcting all of their errors as there have been a fair few instances of them being wrong!
Those Gibsons will have to wait....