This post is for anyone lurking , thinking about building their first guitar from a kit .Let me save you some time and trouble DO NOT BUY A KIT FROM THE GUY(S) ON EBAY selling a mish mash of parts that will supposedly work to gether as a kit. you will get parts that are seconds , you may get parts from different size guitars , you will probably get some parts that dont fit .you will probably get no response if you, months later try to ask a question about your "kit".at least this has been my experience !
I just glued my top to my rims , after months of trying to be sure everything was carved and fitting right . well I have d rims , and the top layout was/is incorrect , from the top it seemed everything was fitting well and in place ,I lined up the alignments holes on the top with the alignment holes on the neck block, the edges of the top were down laying on the rims without force , so I clamped it , now turning it over ( after the glue is dry)
I see the layout was in correct , the "tongue" of the neck block is riding on the "pop sicle" brace , which now distorted the front of the rims , if I had positioned the top so the transverse brace, 'popsicle" brace , and neck block , all aligned properly ,( which I did in practice runs observing from the inside of the guitar ) then my bridge plate would have been to far forward by about 1/4 - 3/8 of an inch ! that is by using the lay-out and parts that came with the "kit". 
so now I must try to figure out a way to release the glue on the top/front edge of the rims . cut the tongue off the neck block , and try to reposition and reglue the front area of the top and rims to correct the angle of the front of the rims !
, not how I wanted my first build to go ![[headinwall]](./images/smilies/headbangwalluf8.gif "Mad")
!so now I am hoping I will be able to separate the top from the rims by forcing a heated knife between them to loosen the glue to correct this issue.
I still think a kit is a good way to start building , just buy it from someone reputable , that you can later talk to if issues arise or if you get a bad part or three !
I would recommend buying the kit from some one like John Hall/ blues creek or someone that is also a guitar bulder , that you can contact, and talk to, at a later date ,if you have an issue with the parts, or a question about fitting them together .
Good luck Jody
