BexGears Electric 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.

I bought the BexGears TL style kit to make a starter guitar for my granddaughters. The price was intriguing, and the quality was secondary. When I opened the box to inspect the components, everything was there. The appropriate screws were in plastic bags attached to their respective accessory. Everything fit properly. The instructions were included and easy to follow. I mocked it up to be sure it all worked before disassembling it to apply clear coat. A simple caution is to be sure that the neck is fastened as snugly as possible. At first I could not adjust the string height properly because the neck was not screwed down as tight as possible. That was my only issue.I lightly sanded the back and sides and put many coats of clear enamel on it to get a good smooth finish.The set up was fairly easy. I added D’Addario 10-46 strings, and after the usual stretching to get them to stay in tune, I think I found a pretty nice little guitar for the grandkids. The pickups are just fine for our purposes. The neck seems particularly good. The tone and volume controls work well. No intonation issues.I never expected to say this, but I would do this again. It is a cheap and simple way to get a fun guitar.

This was my first time doing a project guitar from a kit but I think it turned out great.The wood is beautiful, arrived sanded smooth, and set up for dye and lacquer. The fretboard was perfect. Tuners were good quality. The control panel was above expectations. The knobs feel good and have weight to them. Pickups sounded good. Might upgrade them at some point but these are above expectations. Assembly was incredibly simple and everything worked after I got it hooked up. Wiring all snaps together so you don't have solder anything.I recommend you look for an assembly video on youtube for best results as the instruction manual may be difficult to understand.The only issues were with the bridge tuners which were really stiff and hard to get to proper intonation, and the input jack which worked but felt kind of flimsy like the cable might fall out if it was touched. I was able to get the guitar intonated properly with their bridge but the screws were stiff and very difficult to turn. I'm going to upgrade the bridge plate and swap out the jack.All in all, this guitar kit is a great value and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to try out a kit for the first time. I had a lot of fun with it.

I just finished assembling and setting it up. It took about an hour to assemble and a couple more hours to do set up. I’m playing it now until I take it apart to paint it when the weather is warmer. Over all, it’s much more than I was expecting for $85. Instructions were very good, the holes were accurate, and I like that they put a light coat of lacquer on it so I can play it until I finish it. The neck alignment to the strings from the predrilled holes was a little off but doesn’t affect playability. It’s holding tune. Top strings are a little dull but I’ll put good ones on after I finish it and check the nut grooves. The bridge saddles didn’t have enough adjustment for setting intonation. I’ve never seen bridge posts that didn’t thread through the saddle. I was able to shorten the bolts with a Dremel cutting wheel to get the intonation set. Third and fifth frets were still a tiny bit off from open strings better after tuning to the fifth fret. Neck didn’t need any adjustment and I liked having connectors between the pickups and controls. I’d buy another kit like this any day.