Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 : Much Better than expected

I bought this kit for £77 because I couldn't afford the ready made guitar at £220. I was giving my mind a treat about my abilities to stain and finish the guitar though. I didn't sand the sealer off enough so the stain applied unevenly too late to fix so I just went with the resulting Cobalt blue satin.

The quality of the components was nice - the best being the neck - the frets are amazing no sharp edges and no tooling marks and it feels fast and smooth(I didn't paint it or do anything to in case I spoiled the feel). Everything fit together perfectly and worked first time(except I put the Volume and Tone pots in the wrong place-but I like it so I left it that way). I changed the supplied wrapround bridge for a slightly better wrapround with individual string adjustment £10 from Ebay. The action and intonation were incredibly almost perfect on first set up. Beginners luck I guess. I don't know what make the pickups are but, wow! I just love the sound - they have a definite quack to them and the sustain is great. The finished guitar weighs just 5.75lbs so on a par with a Strat nd the belly scoop means it feels really comfortable as well.

To sum up - wow I love this guitar - it's right up there with my Epiphone Les PAul Standard which cost 8 times more. Very happy.