Leo Jaymz DIY Electric Guitar Kits (TL)

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.

Nice kit, fun to put together. easy to piece together. My only issue is that I had to buy neck shims and shim the neck to get the action to be playable. After a little tinkering I was able to get it. plays nice. The tuning pegs are kinda cheap so you may wanna buy new ones. they stay in tune, but there is issue with the feel quality. nice quality wood. pretty and feels good. I plan to go over it with a super high grit sand paper and a finish oil.

Not bad quality for a kit. Bought it as I was bored out my skull and at a loose end, assembles well, pretty simple. Took it to pieces again and sprayed it dark blue, looks professional.

This is for the AL version! First kit I've ever put together! It was mostly great! Pics of relevant pros and cons. Pros: Went together very quickly. Wood grain is not awful. All holes lined up. Can set the neck or bolt it. Kit came in very protective package. kit has wire connectors, no soldering Cons: 1. Tuners rattled every time a string was played. 2. The ground cable on the spring tensioner broke while installing - just pinned it under the spring - works fine! 3. the nut that came with kit is kinda weak, I stripped one of the bolts the first time tightening it. 4. the nut was to high on fret side and action was so high that fretting the first 3 frets would not play correct pitch. 5. the nut didn't have enough of a break angle to keep the string on the nut in the first place. so when i tightened the locking bolts, it de-tuned the guitar. 6. Floyd Rose bridge was a pain in the pants to setup. this was the first point in the build where i needed instructions. naturally I followed the link provided in the box. the video "instructions" are a very short, shoddy video, kinda putting it together and then doing the hard bits off screen... one second it didn't have the bridge, and boom like magic the Floyd rose was just installed. so for anyone trying to install a Floyd rose for the first time, youtube this "guns and guitars Floyd rose Strat" watch the video and you'll probably be good. Here is what i needed to replace and buy to get this guitar to stay in tune, and to chug. 1 Tuners - I got nice auto trimming locking tuners, but any decent set will do. 2. genuine Floyd rose locking nut, german made, seems better than one sent. 2.a. had to sand down under the nut quite a bit before I could get a low enough action. 3. string retainer bar - to increase break angle, so strings would rest on the nut fully 4. needed to get more springs, the 3 sent with package are good enough for light gage strings, but not for heavier gages, so i got a 3 pack of the black Floyd rose genuine springs and found the perfect balance. TLDR: Great Kit, could use a few modifications, but even with everything i replaced, it was still under 300 including the kit. The pickup is fine, its not great, but its not as bad as i thought, considering a decent emg or seymore are the same price as the whole kit. The single pot is fine, it needs to be cleaned and lubed, has a little noise bleed through when turning the knob. putting the back cover on upside down gives me access to the spring screws, so i can adjust without taking it off. also fist time I've tried to do a paint job, its something... it can chug. RIP Alexi Laiho

Kit is fine, wood body is super porous, needs to be filled. Neck is nice, fret inlays are not pearlescent as per description they are black. Bridge is unusable, pre drilled holes for the bridge posts are too big and the slide out…. Neck holes on body need to be drilled out to 5mm to fit screws provided. Tuners are barely usable. Wiring is simple with the plugs but makes it a bit more difficult to swap things out. One of the pots is really gritty when spinning one of them is bent. Neck pocket fits well knobs are actually pretty solid, the switch is a bit wobbly side to side.