BexGearsElectric Guitar Kits Okoume wood Body maple neck & composite ebony fingerboard

This is a surprisingly nice kit for the price. I ordered the variation with the white pickguard even though I thought the black pickguard looked better because the illustration for the black pickguard kit showed a standard three saddle tele bridge. The white pickguard showed a 6 saddle bridge. So I waited to see which would be in the box when it came but it was exactly as illustrated. I had already planned to spend a few more bucks on an upgrade bridge but now I don't have to. I haven't assembled the kit yet but it looks like everything lines up very nicely. The neck fits snug but not too snug in the pocket. Even the holes for the pick guards seem to be lined up correctly on a casual observation. I've had more than one kit experience where that wasn't the case. The synthetic ebony fingerboard is glossy and hard. I think I'm going to find it to be an enjoyable surface to play on. The only reason I went four stars instead of five is because the body was surprisingly heavy to me. Okoume it's supposed to be a fairly light wood, so the fact that it feels heavy and dense gives me at least a little bit of concern that it might not be fully dry. Of course if there's any shrinking or cracking I won't know that for at least a year so I didn't want to hold up the review for that.Edit: as you can see from the picture I added this is now finished. I am even more impressed now than I was initially and increased my review from 4 to 5 stars. The okoume wood is quite beautiful, and this kit had none of the nightmare stories I hear about from other kits. All of the holes were properly aligned. All of the screws survived their initial tightening just fine. The hardware, while obviously generic as you would expect on such an inexpensive kit, is actually not bad. The guitar sounds good. Better than I expected to be perfectly honest. After I live with it for a while I may decide to upgrade things but honestly I can live with this just as it is. I expected to pick ups to be thin and ratty but they're not. My only complaint in the whole thing is that the bridge does not have enough range of adjustment for the intonation. It would be nice if they added a second shorter set of saddle screws but I was able to just get it intonated. If I hadn't been able to I could have just got out the table vice and the hacksaw and cut a centimeter off the screw. I also needed to dress the ends of the frets, but I've never bought a sub $200 guitar that was already assembled that didn't need the answer of the frets dressed, so again that to me is perfectly par for the price point. Very very happy with the purchase and very pleased with the way it turned out.

This is a fantastic tele kit, it completely exceeded my expectations for quality. It was a lot of fun to assembly and finish. All the required parts were included and it doesn't sound too bad either although you might want to change the pick-ups if want a more twangy tele sound.

Probably the most comfortable neck of any kit guitar I've come across, with a great fir with the body. The only possible drawback is a non-standard slightly smaller dimension for the neck to body mounting holes and plate. Very little sanding and finishing required. The finish here is some thin coats of clear lacquer over Danish Oil.This was modded with a Guitar Fetish Retrotron neck pickup I had laying around and a Guitar Madness large pole piece bridge pickup. I also replaced the bridge assembly with L type saddles after discovering it was causing extraneous vibration.

It's far better than I expected for the price, overall I am very pleased with it.I expected to have to adjust the neck, but it's straight from side to side, it did not need to be shimmed to raise it up or down, and the action did not need to be adjusted. The machines are of better quality than I expected, and the nut is well cut. All the screw holes are pre-drilled, except for the string retainers on the head, and all of the screw holes are in the right places. I didn't install the string retainers, but it doesn't seem to be a problem.I wanted something basic to play, and the finish on the body and neck, which is mostly sealer, seemed fine to me. The strings are not great, but they are all right, and if you don't like them, you can always buy better. the electrical parts go together with connectors, and soldering is not necessary.A cable is even included. I went to Walmart and got a stand and a guitar strap. I downloaded the Fender tuning app on to my phone to get it in tune. I ordered Fender strings, but I haven't put them on yet.

Kit arrived with a broken front pickup mount. After I requested a replacement kit, the vendor contacted me and asked if I would accept a replacement part, in lieu of an entire new kit. The rest of the kit was pristine so I agreed. The new part arrived on about a week and a half. Assembled and tested the guitar and it works perfectly.