Fesley DIY Electric Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body/Maple Neck,6 Strings Electric Guitars,DIY Guitar Kit with Purpleheart Fretboard,SSS Pickups,ST Style Beginner Guitars, Build Your Own Guitar Kit

I make guitars from scratch, often from wood that I milled from logs. I recently decided to give electric guitars a try, having only made acoustic ones in the past. I ordered this kit to learn more about how to carve out the body for placement of the electronics and to get a set of electronics. I noticed the great reviews and that nice hardwoods were used as opposed to other kits which use poplar, basswood and similar woods. When I opened it I was astounded! Beautiful, high dollar woods crafted to perfection. Every portion of the kit was first class. Sure, there are more expensive tuners, string sets, etc., but no components were less than good quality and a good number were top quality. It was easy to put together and sounds great. My only issues were having to make more space for the amp plug-in and two small missing hardware parts (one screw and one spring). I hear that customer support is great, so this kit exceeds all of my expectations. I quickly ordered two more of these kits because of the incredible value and I am really not sure what I am going to do with them.

Just buy it! I thoroughly enjoyed assembling and finishing this guitar. I bought it because I needed the educational experience and there is something to be said about creating your own guitar. Is it a high end Strat, no. Is it a guitar I would gig with, eh perhaps with some upgrades. But it has become my favorite guitar to play and it feels nice in the lap and the finishes are smooth and the guitar is very user friendly. Assembly was an absolute breeze! I can’t wait to build the tele next! So I built the telecaster version of this kit recently. I am pleased and displeased, yes it looks beautiful, I did change the pick guard from the white one to a black one. The build was much like the strat version and straightforward in all aspects. I did a Rosewood stain and a lot of prep and sanding was needed to prepare the body for stain. I then finished it with around 6-7 coats of gloss lacquer. The neck didn’t exactly fit as well as the strat version, slightly off and after a little tweaking it was better but not perfect, high e string was nearly off the fretboard. You will need to set this guitar up so don’t think it’s plug and play. The frets were covered in a muddy looking stain soI did a fret polish with my dremel tool and now they look decent. It doesn’t seem to play all that well, I will need to do a better setup maybe with a professional to get the pickups dialed in better. It looks great but could be a little better as far as the quality control is concerned.

Very smooth finish, ready to apply lacquer. The frets are beveled and don't need filing. The humbucker pickups are obviously cheapos, I will be replacing. Strings are low end, I will also install some nice Ernie Balls. The cutouts for the bridge, neck, etc. are all nicely done. Tuners are sufficient in quality for a cheaper DIY guitar. It is still being lacquered so haven't played it however based on YT reviews I've watched it plays fine when setup properly. For the price this can't be beat. Or buy one of their already assembled models which are all economically priced and have received very good reviews.

This was a Christmas present for my husband. He loves to build kits, and this is his first guitar. Pros: Beautifully illustrated assembly manual. Perfect placement of pre-drilled screw holes. Quality wood and parts. Outstanding customer support team, if needed. Very reasonably priced. Cons: Proper playing setup is a bit challenging if you have never owned a guitar. Luckily, there are plenty of YouTube detailed instructional videos available. Final Review: Beautiful guitar that sounds great! Highly recommended!!!!

Good kit. There is a coating Fesley sprayed on it. Came with super jumbo frets that needed spot leveling and some fret sprout. Plastic nut. Pick ups are 4.7k but sounded good enough. I had to finish drilling the depth of the pre drilled holes. All holes lined up perfectly. Tuning heads stay in tune. This is a great guitar to learn how to set up a guitar and do mods. The strat has a terrible spring rattle so I stuffed t-shirt material inside each spring to reduce the noise. I like this Fesley strat.

I bought this for my husband, and he really enjoyed putting it together. All the parts worked as intended, and the overall quality was good. I expected it to be just a decorative piece, but it actually plays surprisingly well, especially considering the reasonable price. A great hobby project!

Happy with the kit - I bought it for the neck and body which are great. Neck fits tightly into body with no slop and it’s perfectly straight. Body is in good shape and routing was all good. Some of the pre drilled holes didn’t line up with the pick guard I bought - but I’m sure it would have worked well with the one that came with the kit and it wasn’t a big deal. I can’t speak to the hardware since I didn’t use it but it seems fine. I recommend the kit. Update: One month in the nut snapped on the low E string. Not the end of the world but you might want to put a better quality nut in if you plan to buy this kit.

What a great time I had putting this together. I've definitely caught the bug of wanting to build every other DIY kit I can get my hands on! Guitar was very easy to assemble and came in complete working condition. Would definitely recommend this brand to anyone!!

Body is lacquer sealed, that has its plus or minuses. Problem if one needs to do an oil based finish. Fine for a painted one.

I have built many guitars and basses over the last 25 years. This was bought as a project for no reason other than something to do, and I had pretty low expectations as some of these DIY kits require quite a few hours of work in order to make parts fit and finish well. I am pleasantly surprised with this one however. The fret work is impeccable and straight, with well finished edges. The body looks great and all pre-cut holes are aligned perfectly. All the hardware looks good, potentiometers have smooth movement and I was impressed with the quick connects on the electronics. Overall this appears to be an excellent product and will make for a very quick build! Obviously the sound of the pickups is very subjective, but even if I swap the factory supplied ones with something better, it will be a minor upgrade in terms of a build. I would definitely recommend this brand particularly if you've never done a build before as it won't get any easier than this. There was even a large book style instruction manual with detailed, color photos for step by step guidance.

The body was well prepared for paint, but I would suggest applying a few coats of primer and sanding before painting and clear coating. The body is a soft light mahogany and can dent easily. I used a dark cherry metalic spray paint that went on very nice but would have been better if it was primmed and sanded first to fill up all the pores..The guitar went together very well and sounds good, the only negative thing I had was agjusting the springs for the whammy bar, if you do it as the diagram shows you will have trouble

I have assembled other brands of low cost electric guitar kits in the past, but I was impressed with this Fesley kit. All pre-drilled holes for the bridge tailpiece and headstock tuning pegs are straight and line up well. I had it all put together in less than an hour and even though I haven’t completed the all of the setup yet (neck relief, string height action and intonation) it is already quite playable as is.

I may buy another guitar kit from Fesley. It would have been nice if the screws were numbered or lettered to know where exactly each set of screws is for. Beyond that, I’m happy with my kit and may purchase again.