Gibson Les Paul style kit guitar

yep, wind it in and it should pop out. you can also put a spreader (piece of wood) on the top to protect it and then lever it out with a screwdriver if the bolt trick doesn't work.
glad you've figured out the wiring diagram, not sure I understand it.
I assume the pickups are braided wire? if so then the outer braid (nude) goes to earth on a pot, the core goes to the pot.

think I'd sack that off and follow the gibson diagram instead. doesn't make it look anywhere near as complicated.

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The more I looked at it hanging on the wall, the more i started to dislike the finish. I hadn't sanded the red off enough and I wash trying to sand the blue but uncovered the red in various areas. This made it look inconsistent and without purpose (in my eyes).

I decided to flat it again and stain it with the idea of giving it a sunburst feel. I stained it fully and then hit it with 0000 wire wool in certain areas. It's made it super smooth to the touch and I much prefer the finish now. Might tweak it a little over the next few weeks as I stare at it on the holder 😂

There are a few bits that might need a bit of 'feathering'.

Countersunk the holes so I could hit it with the 10mm bit. Unfortunately, I went through from the back on the first one and have damaged the finish.

I'm hoping that when you said measure up you measured from nut to 12th fret then put the neck in the guitar and made sure it matched between saddle and 12th fret. Otherwise, whoopsy. 😂
Nail polish will sort that little whoopsy on the headstock.

Liking the burst, working with stains can be a steep learning curve.

Wiring a 4 pot is straight forward once you've done it once. 😁 don't forget to line your control pockets to isolate them from interference. I'm cheap so I use aluminium tape.

Nice work, shame about the headstock, was going to say touch up pen but nail varnish would work as well, it'll be hidden a bit by the string anyway....

Thanks, mate! Nail varnish is a good shout 👍

Next up I used some copper tape to make a Faraday cage for the wiring enclosure which is supposed to reduce buzz. I have no idea if you're supposed to do it in the pickup holes but I did it anyway seeing as I was there and had the pickups out. Looks cool either way!

Next job is to screw the machine heads in from the back (tricky getting them lined up) and then try to wire it up.

Yes they're definately sharp at the edges and I was meaning to look up some good guides on how to sort it - any suggestions?

'Finished'

Made up with it, although it's far from perfect. Love the build process and learned a lot from it. I've had a good do of setting it up and intonation seems about right... A little sharp here and there but not by loads. I think I'll need to replace the nut at some point as I filed the slots a little too much on some strings but it's still playable. The frets are still high and a little sharp but I filed them a bit too much on the side and don't want to mess any more! So all in all - a few errors here and there but it's playable and I'm pleased with how it looks. Made up I managed to sort the electrics out even though the diagram was a nightmare. I'd lined the jack hole with copper too and it was earthing out the jack. I had a bit of head scratching before I figured out what I'd done wrong, but it was a simple fix. We like simple fixes!

Now to improve my playing! I've bought Paul Davids first guitar course and a 'learn the fretboard in 24 hours' book. Determined to improve my playing! I'm listening to a lot of blues at the moment - BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and John Mayer being my current faves. I'd love to be able to just improvise over the blues - translate my emotions to the strings with ease. That's my aim!