Leo Jaymz DIY TL Lefthand Style Electric Guitar Kits with Mahogany Body and Maple Neck - Maple Fingerboard and All Components Included (TL Lefthand)

Quality of fabrication is very poor. Neck is not a perfect fit to the body ( lose and has free play All directions). Deep scratches on the body and visible impurity on fret board top wood. Returning the item

Here's a corrected version: "They sent me two by accident, and I accidentally botched the first one with spray paint. They also applied varnish to the mahogany, making it hard to add a stain. It’s not perfect. I replaced the pickups, and the soldering and assembly were a nightmare. However, it was so worth it in the end. Mine still needs some luthier work done, but it sounds amazing—probably my best-sounding guitar I own now. The guitar sustains like a beast and plays really easily too."

OK, so I'm one of the people who received a kit with no manual, but I can't ding it. There are plenty of videos of people building these online. For the money, this kit is extremely valuable for just the body and the neck. I have not assembled it yet because I have other custom parts coming such as a new loaded pickguard with AlincoV Humbuckers, Locking Tuners, a new Tremolo System and new strings. I have, however checked it out thoroughly. The neck is straight, and my fret rocker did not detect any fret issues to speak of. The neck has a really nice feel to it and fits snugly into the neck pocket on the body. The body is solid and will look good either as-is or stained and oiled or painted. I can't speak to the electronics, Tuners, or Tremolo System since I won't be using the ones supplied. You do get everything you need to build a fully working strat for a beginner, but I invested in upgrades out of the gate. I fully expect this to be a nice, playable strat from everything I have seen. The fret work is really good out of the box, but I will crown, polish and round any rough edges, which are really not bad at all as is. It comes with plenty of copper tape for shielding to help reduce noise level or interference. I've messed around with guitars for years, but I am a beginner builder and I am looking forward to working on this to make a nice quality budget player.

Leo, not sure if this is your real name but, Boy , have you got this right! This kit is Amazing, yes, with a capital 'A'. Start with the packaging, each component individually boxed and well protected. A large instruction booklet in colour that details every step in the build process so vividly, I have had tons of kits and have never seen anything like this before. The body really IS made of Poplar and not Chinese Paulownia like so many misrepresented items for sale on line. The neck is top quality Hard Maple and very well made. The hardware kit is all individually wrapped and looks exceptional, even the chrome plating is faultless. I could go on and on but I must say, as a born cynic and Not easily impressed, I am Very Impressed! Value for money, 110%.

Bought this for my son and he loved putting it together and now it's his favorite guitar to play

Style: TL Poplar. My kit arrived just a few hours ago and I've only had time to look it over quickly, so these are first impressions. I've owned expensive guitars for over fifty years, including Fenders, Ibanez and Aria. Lately I've had a casual hankering for a Tele, but not wanted to pay for a real one. Plus I enjoy making things. At £80, I took a punt, knowing it could be returned simply if no good. I'm impressed. Everything you need is in the box. Everything! The body is well routed and drilled accurately. A few rough edges to the internal cross-drilling that are easy to tidy up. The maple neck looks good and so far I have only found one fret that will need a little attention. The fit of the neck to the body is superb. (I think they selectively match the necks and bodies for fit as the both have the same code written on them.) Tuners seem 'OK' - nothing special but I expect they will work just fine. Controls are silky-smooth. The wood is nice enough to use a simple oil and wax finish so I'm going to do that rather than paint the body. Remains to be seen if I get the magic 'twang' but from what have seen so far I am hopeful. With a little care during the finish and build, I think this will turn into a respectable, fun instrument. At £80, what's not to love? UPDATE. Now assembled. Fretwork is spot-on out of the box. The nut was badly fitted and poor quality. Upgraded (the nut is important). Tuners are awful; gear ratio too low making it very difficult to tune. Upgraded. Screw holes for bridge were over-size and had to be plugged. Intonation and action can be set well. However, the traditional bridge design doesn't put enough pressure on the saddles and they buzz a bit. Fortunately, the bridge includes the extra holes required to convert to string-through-body. Sound is good! Still rate this as a good buy, but dropped 1 start for the nut and tuners. Realistically, this comes in at about £130 with the upgrades, but better quality than an off-the -shelf job.