Saga PB-10 P Style Electric Bass Kit
This was my first guitar kit,and I chose to build a bass guitar because I did
not already have one. The kit components are very nice, and body and neck wood
are very good. The neck is especially nice. The kit was fairly straight-forward
to build. One area in the instructions that was a little lacking was the
section on mounting the pickups, and for some reason there were no pre-drilled
holes in the pickup cavity for the mouting screws. Easy to figure out and over
come though. Otherwise the instructions were good,and if you follow the steps
provided regarding refinising, the results will be excellent. I had a couple of
"lessons learned" on this project. One - make sure to inspect the
wiring before you mount the pick guard. I had a wire come loose, and had to
find a P-Bsss wiring schematic online to figure out where to re-solder it. Two
- if you paint your kit with a color vs. using a stain or just a clear top
coat, use an adequate amount of paint. When I rubbed my guitar out, I didn't
have enough paint on two places where the edges were sharp, and I ended up with
some small bare-spots. However, following the instructions resulted in an
overall outstanding finish. I painted my body a Jade Green and I painted the
pick guard a dual tone black with a gray stripe down the middle. It looks
great. This was a lot of fun to do. [...], and lined my pickup and contol
cavities with copper tape to reduce noise and hum. This worked great. The end
result is a very nice instrument that sounds and plays great. The kit pieces
fit nicely, and excepts for the pickup screw mounts, all the screw holes are
pre-drilled, and everything fit very well. All in all a nice kit, and worth the
money.
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