Electric Guitar Kit ST-Style : Good to tinker with

Are you consider this to get a decent guitar for very little money? Don't bother -- just buy a pre-built guitar. Do you want to learn more about guitar maintenance/repair and don't mind fixing any number of flaws in the kit? Read on.

Pros:

- Neck is very well made and worth the price alone. The only flaw was the slightly recessed inlay on the 3rd fret. That's an easy fix.

- While the routes on the body are a bit rough, there are no major flaws.

- Neck pocket has a nice, firm fit.

Cons:

- The screw holes for the tremolo were not in a straight line. These needed to be filled and redrilled.

- The tuners were junk.

- The bridge and electronics are not horrible, but I would actually prefer to be able to buy the kit without the hardware -- most of this stuff will just end up in a landfill.

- While some plastic packaging is no doubt unavoidable, the plastic pickguard (that will be full of scratches anyway) was itself both covered with a plastic protector and then packaged in a zip-lock bag. Unnecessary.