This kit has everything you need: starting from all the parts and electronics, down to detailed wiring instructions.
- Handpicked Raw Wood: Rosewood Fretboard, Mahogany Body straight from our lumberjack
- Dive Bomb Proven: Get ready to shred with this classic design
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Dynamic Tone: Perfect sound for every genre with two humbuckers
- Ready To Play: Pre-installed truss rod and tune-o-matic bridge
- 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed: Anything that made your experience less than ideal? We'll do our best to fix it.
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The instructions specific to this model can be found in the Instruction Library
| SKU: "TFW102SM" |
| Body: Mahogany |
| Bridge: Double Locking Tremolo |
| Controls: 2T|2V|3-way toggle |
| Fretboard Material: Rosewood |
| Fretboard Radius: 12 Inch |
| Fret Count: 24 |
| Fret Style: Standard |
| Hand Orientation: Right Hand |
| Hardware: Black |
| Pickups: HH |
| Neck Material: Maple |
| Neck Joint: Bolt On |
| Nut Width: 1 5/8 Inch |
| Pickguard: None |
| Scale: 25.5 |
| Top: N/A |
| Truss Rod: Yes - Preinstalled |
Customer Reviews
The ev is a great kit. Body and neck were awesome. I upgraded all the hardware and electronics but the kit itself is awesome
Thank you for your nice words John! Great build here!
I thought that it was a decent kit. The only thing I would change is the breadstick for this kit and flame maple top on it.
Pluses:
- Original design
- The model I received has top and bottom veneer which actually looks incredible after finishing
- The wood quality is good, finish was easy
- The neck is really well cut and made. The fretboard is nice, the frets are where they should be, and it seems to be all leveled
- Almost everything fits perfectly: I was afraid of having to do rework on the neck-body connection, but everything was perfect there
- Wire length has enough wiggle room
Minuses:
- Even with experience and visiting a luthier it was impossible to get the "Floyd Rosd" (sic) to keep tone due to the low quality. I decided in the end to block it in place with wood, now I have a fixed bridge. Now I understand the high price of the real Floyd Rose...
- The tuners are flimsy, but due to the locking mechanism at the nut it doesn't bother me that much. They look rather cheap though
- The humbuckers sound ok for a beginner guitar - but as I might want to play gigs with it I decided to buy a new set to get a better tone
- The wires had a different color than what is written in some texts and shown on the pictures - this led to some confusion as it was my first time wiring a guitar
- The holes of the back plate are completely wrong, they need redrilling. As the original holes are under the plate though, it's ok
In conclusion, it's a good guitar for a first project. If you want one you want to play extensively with I'd rather suggest a fixed-bridge guitar kit. Or a more expensive kit...
First time builder and wanted to share my experience. I did a LOT of research before pulling the trigger on this kit. What drove me to it was that it was simply different that all other kits out there and I didn't want a strat, Les Paul, etc. An oversimplification of this guitar is that it is a LP style, but with a double locking tremolo.
Shipping was on time and all the parts were included. For the wood, considering this was a relatively inexpensive kit it turned out pretty good. The downside for this was that some of the smaller pre-drilled holes for screws were slightly misaligned, but that was a simple fix with a power drill.
An issue that happened for me was the prewired pots. I understand the simplicity behind it, but they were not wired correctly for this specific kit. This should have been wired for LP style, but I THINK what I got was for W style. Not the biggest of problems since I had to desolder everything and start from scratch which was actually kind of fun. Learned a new skill along the way :)
Overall would definitely recommend building one of these kits at least once. It forces you to understand how all the different components work together to make a guitar. Definitely had to do some troubleshooting along the way. Customer service here was very helpful as well as YouTube and the various forums I stumbled upon in my google searches. Build time including finishing was about 5 weeks. Wood finish took the most time of all the steps.
Customer Reviews
The ev is a great kit. Body and neck were awesome. I upgraded all the hardware and electronics but the kit itself is awesome
Thank you for your nice words John! Great build here!
I thought that it was a decent kit. The only thing I would change is the breadstick for this kit and flame maple top on it.
Pluses:
- Original design
- The model I received has top and bottom veneer which actually looks incredible after finishing
- The wood quality is good, finish was easy
- The neck is really well cut and made. The fretboard is nice, the frets are where they should be, and it seems to be all leveled
- Almost everything fits perfectly: I was afraid of having to do rework on the neck-body connection, but everything was perfect there
- Wire length has enough wiggle room
Minuses:
- Even with experience and visiting a luthier it was impossible to get the "Floyd Rosd" (sic) to keep tone due to the low quality. I decided in the end to block it in place with wood, now I have a fixed bridge. Now I understand the high price of the real Floyd Rose...
- The tuners are flimsy, but due to the locking mechanism at the nut it doesn't bother me that much. They look rather cheap though
- The humbuckers sound ok for a beginner guitar - but as I might want to play gigs with it I decided to buy a new set to get a better tone
- The wires had a different color than what is written in some texts and shown on the pictures - this led to some confusion as it was my first time wiring a guitar
- The holes of the back plate are completely wrong, they need redrilling. As the original holes are under the plate though, it's ok
In conclusion, it's a good guitar for a first project. If you want one you want to play extensively with I'd rather suggest a fixed-bridge guitar kit. Or a more expensive kit...
First time builder and wanted to share my experience. I did a LOT of research before pulling the trigger on this kit. What drove me to it was that it was simply different that all other kits out there and I didn't want a strat, Les Paul, etc. An oversimplification of this guitar is that it is a LP style, but with a double locking tremolo.
Shipping was on time and all the parts were included. For the wood, considering this was a relatively inexpensive kit it turned out pretty good. The downside for this was that some of the smaller pre-drilled holes for screws were slightly misaligned, but that was a simple fix with a power drill.
An issue that happened for me was the prewired pots. I understand the simplicity behind it, but they were not wired correctly for this specific kit. This should have been wired for LP style, but I THINK what I got was for W style. Not the biggest of problems since I had to desolder everything and start from scratch which was actually kind of fun. Learned a new skill along the way :)
Overall would definitely recommend building one of these kits at least once. It forces you to understand how all the different components work together to make a guitar. Definitely had to do some troubleshooting along the way. Customer service here was very helpful as well as YouTube and the various forums I stumbled upon in my google searches. Build time including finishing was about 5 weeks. Wood finish took the most time of all the steps.