Electric Guitar Kit T-Style : Not bad.

First off the actual kit is fine and you get a lot for your money. Most of the work is already done for you so it's pretty easy to put together. I built a book case the same day as I built this and actually found putting the Guitar together easier and less stressful!

The assembly guide is a bit rubbish though.

The kit comes with a variety of screws but doesn't tell you which to use where. It just says something like "screw in the pickguard" - do I use the big screws, the little ones? The other little ones? Most of the parts were supposed to be individually wrapped and I think the screws were probably supposed to be wrapped up with their corresponding parts but the plastic bags in my kit had come open and a lot of the screws, washers and machine heads were floating around loose in the box.

It'd be really helpful for the instructions to give each screw type a letter and then eg tell you "screw down the pickguard with screws A".

The instructions tell you to screw in the string tree (singular) but the kit has two string trees with 2 different height spacers. Not very helpful. I was able to work it out by looking at some pics of Telecasters online.

These problems are insurmountable. I was still able to put it together fairly quickly but just a bit more care in the instructions would make this a fantastic product.

The actual parts are all fine. There not top of the range and I think I'll probably upgrade the tuners and pickups but they're definitely serviceable already. The neck is fine - the frets may need some attention (seems ok though), which is fine as it's an opportunity to learn. Honestly the body looks great. It's 3 parts but they're matched pretty well and the top looks quite nice.

I was planning on painting it but I quite like how it looks out of the box.

One common complaint I've read is that the pickguard screw holes don't match up with the holes on the body. Mine lined up pretty much spot on - infact everything lines up fine on it.

No holes drilled for the jack socket cover which is a bit annoying but not a huge deal.

The bridge is a 3 saddle one which makes correct intonation hard/impossible but isn't necessarily "bad" - a lot of telecaster fans prefer the sound of a 3 saddle bridge.

It cost less than £50 which for a guitar is nothing really so I'm very happy with it. I think it's a good kit to learn with and gives you an ok platform to upgrade.