Bass Guitar Kit J-Style : Fantastic kit, few small niggles

This is a great kit. The wood came pre-sealed and completely smooth which was really nice, although I screwed up the paint job a little bit...

I accidentally broke the supplied bridge pickup so I replaced it with an Entwistle that I got for about £10 on ebay. The only issue was that the supplied cover's screw holes were not quite in the right place so i had to cut out the middle of the original cover (to form a continuous gap) and put the new pickup into the original cover.

Another problem is that the neck socket on my kit was not entirely flat and was also at a 1-2º angle. I installed a shim which means the neck sits properly however was unable to fix the annoying rotation; it's not that big a deal.

Overall this is a great kit and a good introduction to custom building without having to spend 25 billion pounds on a Warmoth or something.