Bass Guitar Kit J-Style : Proceed with caution

Fun project overall. It has potential to become a great one, but has silly flaws which caused too much headache for me, which kinda ruined the experience.

Pros:

- Fretboard is great quality wood

- No bits were missing from the package

- Everything worked when put together

Cons:

- Body had several dents and scratches on arrival

- No single screw was matching the pre-drilled wholes. I had to re-drill literally everything.

- Needed significant amount of fretwork below the 15th fret, otherwise would buzz like crazy unless action was too high to be playable

- Ground cable may slip and loose contact with the bridge unless you solder it

- (Not the kit's fault) There's some chance that you'll damage something during the build process

Suggestions:

- Don't buy upgrade stuff until you've built and set the whole thing up correctly and you determine that you're satisfied enough with the result to throw more money at it

- I fit it with a Fender HiMass bridge and Di Marzio DP123. Don't do this combination bridge spacing an magnets do not align correctly, as a result G string passes over one magnet only.