DIY Single Cut Electric Guitar Kits with Mahogany Body and Neck - Rosewood Fingerboard and All Components Included (LP Hollow)

Vanelope Von Schweet Strat turned out to be a great guitar. The pick guard came pre wired which was a nice surprise, even though i was looking forward to soldering. Only one hiccup during the building process, the tip of the output jack made contact with the cavity, causing a short. After some quick work with a dremel, it assembled fine. The copper tape was a nice touch and made the build feel classy. After building it didn't take long to tune it up, though i did have to shave the nut down to relieve some of the high action. Now she plays nice and easy. The pickups are way stronger than I was expecting. It sounds great with any pedal and amp I run it through. It's definitely my favorite electric guitar. It was a good kit. Came with more than I expected. Some reviews mention it didn't have an instruction manual, and that was true. But this wasn't my first kit so I wasn't going to read it anyway even if it was included.

This is for the ST kit in Paulownia wood. The kit is complete, with working electronics and straight wood. The instructions are minimal, but workable if you know how guitars go together or have a good book to help you (Dan Erlewine or Paul Balmer's books are my favorites). If you do your own repairs and adjustments, you won't have any major challenges here. The materials are basic, but well made. They've thoughtfully put connectors on the wires so there's no soldering. Make sure you've gotten any glue off the body and fretboard. If I do another one, I will sand the body down a little more than I did, and use some wood grain filler before I stain it. I also put a smooth finish on the back of the neck, but that's a matter of personal preference. You don't even have to stain/paint it -- the unfinished wood is attractive enough. It plays and sounds like an SSS strat. I might upgrade the pickups, but these will be fine for a while. I didn't like the too-tall plastic nut; I replaced it with one made of bone. If you don't have experience installing a floating bridge/trem, try a kit with a hardtail. Is it fancy? No. But the kit is fun and easy to build and, for me at least, has resulted in a pretty good instrument that is enjoyable to play.

I write very few reviews. But when I see an amazing price/product value, I feel compelled to do it. I have built over 50 DIY guitar kits from various companies. I can say, without reservation, that the Leo Jaymz DIY Kits rise above all of them from a price/quality perspective. THE BODY alone is worth the price - solid mahogany, cleanly and accurately routed down to the millimeter. The specs are dead on. And unlike 90% of other kits, you can trust the positioning of the pre-drilled pilot holes. THE NECK is surprisingly good. Albeit raw, it is well milled, accurate, and just waiting to be finessed. As with any kit neck, you will need to level and dress the fret wires and apply your desired finish. THE HARDWARE & ELECTRONICS are complete, functional, and well packaged. Everything you need is included and will work fine. That said, and if your build is going well, you may opt for better components like pickups and tuners. But don't get me wrong. This kit is worth every penny and, to me, the best on the market for the dollar. I added a couple of pics of my last Leo Jaymz build I did for a charity - it auctioned off for $1,200. UPSHOT: From entry-level to accomplished luthiers, this kit offers the potential to create a highly functional, quality instrument at an absolutely amazing price point.

A lot of effort went into this, the body is great, nice grain, solid mahogany, just well machined, the neck is nice too, I am impressed. Now I can go and design my own custom guitar, the remaining parts like pickups, knobs etc ill ditch, they are fine but well its a custom guitar so I can choose my own electronics. Everything is really nicely packaged and comes with a great instruction manual. Definitely value for money, I've owned several expensive guitars over the years, one was an Ex Wings Guitarists Les Paul and ive sold everything. I was thinking about Brian Mays Mantelpiece slab, Springsteens Squier etc and how they just made a sound unique for them by customising. Its an exciting project, ideas I had were old whisky barrel caps with stamps, tricky but doable but the grain on this one is nice so I think I will leave that.

Friend is happy with his kit

Awesome! I love the body and neck I got. The solderless setup is very convenient and easy, although I did upgrade some of the parts. Would 100% recommend if you are trying to get into guitar building and setup.

Overall poor quality and the tl;dr read here is the work required and cost to make this nice is probably out of reach for a beginner. Avoid unless you want a bigger project than advertised. The body bevel is uneven, heavily so on the front of the upper fin, but in general is not uniform and would require some work to even out. It is also a very shallow angle so a clearly defined edge won't be so easily acheived. The floyd post holes are out of round, though are properly spaced and will probably hold. The neck, is sadly probably one of the more horrible I've seen. The fret board radius is crooked, sloping over to the low E side, which will make getting a nice setup more difficult. Probably not too unexpected being a kit, but the neck also needs further shaping as is evidenced by the scarf joint looking very non-uniform over the radius of the back of the neck. Fret work is not very good with some frets not properly seated and sharp fret ends, though some fret work should be expected. I haven't properly inspected the hardware as in all honesty I won't be using any of it, but I did examine the floyd out of curiosity. It doesn't have knife edges so much as it has just cliff edges a good 1mm or so thick - there is no hope of this ever holding tune, it is junk. I have actually had two of these, and this is the second. The first the body was worse, and I did not inspect anything else before immediately arranging a return. The second being little better suggests this is a consistent problem, so I won't bother again. I'll probably still use the body, but only because it the plan was always for a heavy relic so I can probably just about work with the imperfections but that will be the only part I'll use and will retro fit a better neck. Giving 2 stars as it is at least cheap and a nice shape, ignoring the machining problems

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.

I can't believe how good this ps kit turned out. At this price it's a steal. I gave the frets a level and recrown, also rounded the ends off. Treated the neck with a few coats of tong oil. Added some leopard print vinyl wrap and Ernie Ball 10s. The built guitar intonated perfectly has low action and holds its tune. Highly recommend.