Question: Attention builders: What do you think of this?

Probably cheap ass chinese parts, but certainly could be a fun project, especially at that price point.
 
If the body and neck are decent it's probably worth the money. The other parts are probably garbage though.

Grain of salt disclaimer: I've never built a guitar in my life. I'd like to though.
 
I'm getting one (not that same model though) as soon as my tax return gets here.
me, I'm thinking a Tele or maybe an Iceman.
or a 5str bass.

I don't give a rat's ass if it plays like a Made on Mars Squier
for two bills, I can't go wrong.
plus, I'll paint it in Playmobil dudes

if' I'm more or less happy with what happens, I plan to do many of these kits.

and maybe sell some finished ones locally at an inflated price :wink:
 
335clone said:
Probably cheap ass chinese parts, but certainly could be a fun project, especially at that price point.
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If I were to give in to temptation I would probably replace the bridge, nut, and pickups.

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pups are no matter to me, everything runs thru the Pod, I can make anything sound how I want.
tuners, that's big one, though.
but I have a spare set of "decent" ones

as long as the thing stays in tune, I'll be okay.

and SKULLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! :grin:
 
335clone said:
and tuners.
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I've had some TERRIBLE tuners that still held tune. Of course I'm from school of thought that you always tune up to pitch, regardless of the quality of tuner. These days you have to try hard to fuck up a sealed tuner, too.

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Somebody over at Halen.com got this exact kit. I asked him a few questions but he hasn't logged in there in a few days.

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wait, you mean people tune DOWN to get to pitch?!?
where's the fuckin' logic in that?

I've never been told to do it that way, but it just makes sense...tuning up.

I'll drop the A to a Gb and then crank it up.
if it's sharp, it goes to Gb anyways, then up to A

I assumed this was common practice.

it's not?
 
Jeremy said:
If the body and neck are decent it's probably worth the money. The other parts are probably garbage though.

Grain of salt disclaimer: I've never built a guitar in my life. I'd like to though.
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I'm thinking that awful glue seam on the body, two piece neck heel and splotches of glue and whatever else plainly visible on the body and neck in those pics are a pretty good indication of the quality of the neck and body
 
Peeker said:
wait, you mean people tune DOWN to get to pitch?!?
where's the fuckin' logic in that?

I've never been told to do it that way, but it just makes sense...tuning up.

I'll drop the A to a Gb and then crank it up.
if it's sharp, it goes to Gb anyways, then up to A

I assumed this was common practice.

it's not?
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Nope. That's why a lot of people have tuning issues. They tune down to pitch and the whiplash or the fears lets things slack out again afterwards.

I have these Kluson style tuners that actually ended up living on three different necks. HORRIBLE whiplash. You could turn the knob half a turn and the post wouldn't move. Those fuckers stayed in tune just fine as long as I tuned up to pitch.

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Lerxst said:
I'm thinking that awful glue seam on the body, two piece neck heel and splotches of glue and whatever else plainly visible on the body and neck in those pics are a pretty good indication of the quality of the neck and body
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I don't expect it to be pretty. The guy over on Halen.com actually got THAT EXACT KIT that was photographed. He's turning it into a Shark, so it's getting cut up, but he appeared to be happy with it.

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I would be more inclined to go this direction, even with the you-know-what:

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Pop some ____trons in there, and WHAMMO!
 
CBHScott said:
I would be more inclined to go this direction, even with the you-know-what:

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Pop some ____trons in there, and WHAMMO!
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It does look nice. I've already got two Teles, though, an no Explorer. :tongue:

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So, do you guys think that I would be stupid to get this Explorer kit?

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I say go for it.
for the price, if it sucks, at least you aren't out a ton of cash.
and you just might end up with a pretty damn decent guitar for that price, ya never know.
 
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