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

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?

Because the body has a clear finish you have to sand it right back to get it take a stain or ally paint. The strings they supply are not good but you expect that. Other wise for the money it's excellent value. Does need a lot of adjustment to get rid of string buzz, and you should upgrade the pickups. Nice to set copper shielding included

Not bad quality for a kit. Bought it as I was bored out my skull and at a loose end, assembles well, pretty simple. Took it to pieces again and sprayed it dark blue, looks professional.

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%.

Very pretty veneer and easy to stain! However, the fret work needs a lot of work doing. Now I realise this is a normal thing, but for many people getting a DIY kit, they may not realise the amount of work that needs to go into levelling and crowning. A fantastic kit for people who are willing to do the extra work. For those who want plug and play, look elsewhere.

Well packed, looks to be great quality wood and parts. I have yet to put it together but the manual is great and it seems an easy project.

Rather expensive firewood. Cheap components Heavy machine tooling damage on the face Low grade maple veneer not even worth considering staining because of the poor quality so doesn’t even have ornamental value unless a solid colour is your preferred choice. Shame as a little more effort by the manufacturer could have made a great project Neck profile uneven and requires considerable work. No soldering required as all electrical parts clipped together apparently. So where does the loose black wire go? Some more detail on wiring instructions would be helpful Nice fretboard but lots of sharp edges on frets Has potential for heavily customised build with upgrades so one star Overall, I would rather buy from another manufacturer and spend a bit more money A better option would be to buy a second hand Epiphone les Paul and strip it down for a complete rebuild with upgrades. This would provide considerably more satisfaction and value for money Sorry but this is a disappointment and I cannot recommend

Very happy i was going to customise my fender but decided to use the parts i bought for the fender and use them on this only gripe would be if i didnt have spare parts the neck nut and string trees are missing from package but what i expected was to do some fret work ive got to make the smallest of adjustments to the inner body to house my humbuckers but apart from that everything is amazing

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."

Arrived SUPER fast, and was very much as it was advertised. I really can't believe that they can put a quality guitar kit together for a little more than it would cost me to just buy the wood. Yes, the body is made up of three pieces of miss matched mahogany so a natural finish is out of the question. This guitar body is paint grade ready when it arrives. The neck is great, the frets are in very well. There are no gaps between the bottom of the fret and the neck, and they are well dressed. I did have to file a couple of frets down, so just a minor fret level job. Everything works great, but I will be changing out the pickups for a much higher quality pair. There is nothing wrong with the stock ones but they are a little shrill for my taste. All in all this is a GREAT kit at AMAZING price.

The guitar looks good on first inspection. Very nice body. The instruction book is awesome. The frets will need a bit of work as there are some sharp edges. I like how the screws are in small individual sections.

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

“Poplar” body strat kit - Neck appears well made straight and of decent wood. Minimal fret work needed, just a little smoothing of sharp ends. The body is very soft and light, seems more similar to pine than poplar. Wood grain is pleasant and would look ok with an oil finish. I’m going to prime and paint. I have applied a wood hardener to firm up the surface in hopes of reducing dents and dings in the future. I regret not spending the extra $10 for the “mahogany” body option. I have ordered a mahogany SG kit that I am quite happy with the quality of wood. If I had the neck I received along with the body in mahogany I think I’d be very happy. All the routing and drilling appears clean and accurate. The hardware and electronics appear low quality but serviceable. I purchased the kit to see how nice of a guitar I could build out of it. From what I can tell so far it’s going to be a nice foundation to work off of. Update - Fretboard is artificial fiber composite. Very dense and uniform. I tried to remove the plastic nut to upgrade to bone and had tear out of the material on the tuner head side of the nut. Whatever is used to glue the nut in is the most tenacious adhesive I have ever experienced. I was unable to separate the torn out fretboard from the plastic nut even when the joint was heated to the point that the nut was soft and deforming. instead of regluing the torn out material I chose to file out the remainder of the fretboard and glue in an ebony block to reshape.