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

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.

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.

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.

Kit went together well. I didn’t use any of the hardware and upgraded all that. Guyker locking tuners and tremolo. Musiclily preloaded pick guard (sounds good but will probably replace now that guitar is worthy enough for the cost of better pickups. Used blue and black leather dye and cleared it with 2 cans of 2k clear gloss. Dying the mahogany blue was a bit of a chore but finally got it where I wanted it. Plays well and stays in tune just as good or better than a few way more expensive guitars. Frets were not polished at all but after polishing and adjusting the neck I was able to get it set up with a low action. The experience was worth the cost and I ended up with a solid guitar. The only thing was the neck radius is 12” and I was hoping for a 9.5” more like a Strat but it worked out ok for me because it is the same radius as my Les Paul so going between the two feels natural.

This S-style guitar kit from Fesley is my first guitar build and it’s been a great education and a lot of fun! The kit was just as advertised and I finished it in a nitrocellulose lacquer. I also used copper foil shielding in the pickup areas to reduce single coil “hum”. The instructions were clear and the parts fit as they should. I did have one issue with a bad pickup but after communicating with Fesley customer service, they sent me a replacement pickguard complete with pickups and controls! With a little setup work, the guitar plays really well! I am now in the process of building a Fesley LP-style and a Fesley Tele style guitar! And the best part is that I am building them to donate to local North Texas veterans and school music programs! Even my wife is happy as I get to buy more guitars but not add to my collection in the house!! A true win-win!

Bought this kit to have a little fun. It met that goal. The hardest part by far is figuring out how you want to finish the body of the guitar. Once you have that figured out you can assemble in a few hours. I had three issues with the build. The book with instructions has great pictures to follow, however, it fails to tell you which length screws to use where. That would have been helpful and prevented a little back tracking. My second issue was the fact that it was missing 6 small screws for the tuners. By the time I knew this I already had the body stained and finished. The only way to get the screws would have been to return to Amazon. My third issue was the pre-drilled holes had some mis-match. This occurred for 3 holes. The holes are hid under components so I just needed to make new holes. Overall, I am happy with the end product but it could have been a better experience. First electric guitar and it seems to function well. Vendor added contact information to page. They are very willing to help. Make sure to contact them NOT Amazon for assistance.

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!!!!

I'm leaving one star. I understand this kit is only $89 and approached it with the sense that there may need to be some tweaks. The issue I had was with the neck. I was doing a mock layout before finishing to make sure everything fit. Everything actually lined up decent. That's when I noticed one of the dot inlays at the 12th fret was below the fretboard half a mm. Then I noticed the 3rd fret marker was oddly colored in the middle. Dark underneath the gray. I pressed my finger on that inlay, and the thing busted right thru. Took a piece of the broken inlay and it measure .012" in that area...like what is going on here? No biggy, I was like I'll just replace those cheap dot inlays with some abalone ones ai have on hand. Well, every single hole that was drilled when I removed the nasty inlays in the fretboard had a different depth hole. No consistency in the size of the inlay itself, and definitely no consistency in size of the depth of the hole the onlay was in. What a headache. Im just gonna throw this off to the side and should have just spent more money at AllParts or something. I can't recommend. Thanks for reading.

Outstanding kit. The fit was perfect and the electronics work well. Great little package for an awesome price. Looking forward to building my next one.

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 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.

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.

Really good. Instructions could be more detailed for a first time builder. Really helped though to go on line, tons of info there. I changed the strings and the strap knob ( button)! Really happy with results, looks great and the sound is great too!