Electric Guitar Kit T-Style : Decent starting point for a potentially great guitar

Bought this kit as I love tinkering with my guitars and been wanting a tele-shaped guitar for a while.

Everything in the box was packed neatly and the visible parts of the guitar were in pretty good nick. The main drawbacks when assembling the guitar were that almost all of the pre-drilled were out of alignment, and not by a millimeter. The first thing I did was fill them all in with wooden dowels which allowed me to correct the alignment.

The electronics were all replaced and I was pleasantly surprised by how roomy the control cavity was; allowing me to install large-sized pots, The neck went on next, and was very disappointed with the fitment. There's about a millimeter gap on the side that needed some attention with a thin wooded sliver glued into place and a bit of truss rod adjustment

Next was the tuners which seem to be decent for what they are. I figured I'd use the strings that were supplied with the kit to set up the guitar but that failed miserably; two strings snapped whilst I was tuning them with the high E string drawing blood from my finger as it snapped. I guess this guitar wanted a blood sacrifice of some sort. A set of Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkies did the trick and it was time to plug it in.

All in all, it's not a bad buy and for the price, you really can't go wrong. It's a good starting point for anyone wishing to understand more about guitar mechanics and fine-tuning. I guess keeping all the original hardware is possible but you will definitely want to spend some money on upgrades.