Rocktile E-Gitarren Bausatz Hollowbody TL-Style - Retoure (Zustand: sehr gut)

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I can't rate the kit yet, haven't had time to assemble it yet

Light: The kit arrived quickly and complete and the parts fit together without any rework. After completion, you have a pleasantly light hollowbody guitar with a volume suitable for the living room without amplification. The woods (paulownia and basswood) have a beautiful grain. Due to the very open-pored surface, I decided on an oil-wax finish after sanding and staining (Cherry-Red: fits well!); otherwise I like to work with shellac. Pickups and electrics are fine.
According to the instructions, the neck should actually be sealed and pre-sanded. Nevertheless, the very light maple fingerboard gratefully accepted several passes of fingerboard oil. I sealed the back of the neck and the headstock with ruby shellac.
Shadows: 1. the white binding of the body unfortunately shows fine micro-cracks at the bends, into which the red stain penetrated deeply. This could neither be scratched nor sanded away and of course doesn't look very nice.
2. the wafer-thin chrome layer on the bridge plate first rolls up a little at the edges and then flakes off in small pieces. Underneath it now shines copper-colored.
3. the machine heads in my kit turned out to be a real piece of work. Under string tension, the strings can only be tuned very awkwardly and with a lot of force. After the obligatory string change, the action of the D-string completely refused to work. Adjusting the pre-tension did nothing to change this problem.
Considering the very reasonable price, you can live with the shortcomings described (some people have a stock of spare parts at home), but it is still a bit annoying.

Order smoothly and came quickly, corresponds to website description

I have unpacked the package and I must say,
Everything looks wonderful.
The quality of workmanship of the body and neck of the guitar is high,
Of course, thanks to CNC woodworking technology, but still.
The neck fits the body perfectly, what more could you ask for?
Chapeau, Kirstein!

I had a lot of fun assembling and designing the guitar: an ideal thing, for people who like to play guitar and tinker. There is nothing wrong with the workmanship of wood and quality of the parts and the sound can be heard. The guitar is very light, unlike most electric guitars (mostly ash or mahogany), and that's a big advantage for me, who plays a lot sitting down; my thighs don't hurt anymore. A clear buy recommendation!