Okay after a few tweaks with a screw driver the action and intonation are set, it took a whole 5 minutes to get it playable. So far it's only set at a medium/low action which plays quite nicely except for some very slight bottoming out buzzing around the 12th fret. The frets are level so I'm going to leave it a few days for the neck to settle with the new tension of the strings and then see if a touch of relief on the truss rod sorts it.
Acoustically it sounds vibrant with nice level of resonance. Played through my Vox Valvetronics modelling practice amp it sounds really quite okay with the stock pick-ups. The frequency range/response is as good as you'd expect from any cheap guitar so with a set of decent PAF's installed it ought sound awesome.
Finally after while of waiting I finally let Lil have a go...
For anyone considering this kind of project, with a bit of careful hard work and patience the results can be amazing. It truly has been a fab Dad and Daughter project with lots of lessons learned along the way.
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