Saga LJ-10 Student Electric Guitar Kit - Single Cutaway, Natural

great kit. all components were in a good, working condition. the wood feels fantastic. i have spent a lot more on kits that turned out to be not even half as good as this one (hint: has cat in the brand's name. poor quality components, warped wood). this kit is a good build at any skill level. i have 20 years experience in building guitars. i will buy more Saga brand kits without hesitation.

This is 4th kit I’ve had and done and the worst out of all. Miss aligned holes. Pre finish is pain to get off to do your own both on the body and neck. Pre wired which is good but used the thinnest and cheapest wire with crappy solder job. Definitely won’t buy a saga kit in the future.

If you're a fan of the old Les Paul Juniors, this kit is a great opportunity to own one for a tiny investment. What's involved in its construction? Well, let's see. The body is already sanded and sealed, ready for paint. The headstock needs to be cut to your desired shape. It's pretty ugly out of the box. Cutting it will expose some wood that'll need to be sealed, too. If you're thinking that you'll put a clear coat on it, forget it. The body is basswood. It's not pretty, and you'd have to sand and strip all of the sanding sealer before clear coating. I used a TV Yellow aerosol can from Guitar ReRanch, and barely had to sand between coats. The neck is a bolt on, and I advise assembling it and doing a preliminary setup before finishing, to make sure that everything is going to work for you. You could fill the holes and glue the neck in, too. This would allow you to smooth out the neck joint with filler and sand it smooth for a cleaner look, but the parts fit tight, and the neck heel is actually thinner than a Gibsons. The tuners could be better, and the strings that came with it immediately went into the garbage. All of the wiring can be clipped together without solder. It comes with heat shrink tubing if you want to go that route. Some have said that the stock pickups and wiring in these kits is unacceptable. With this Junior, I didn't find that to be the case. Juniors are supposed to sound a little (lot) raw and gritty, and this pickup fits that description perfectly, while still having a nice, chiming clean tone when you want it. You could upgrade to better wiring and a true P90 pickup for about 130 bucks. You'll probably spend another hundred bucks on finishing supplies and sandpaper- I spent 60 on paint alone, but I was after a true nitrocellulose lacquer finish with a nitrocellulose clear coat, too. As far as tools go, you really only need some small screwdrivers and pliers, if you're not in a hurry. A bandsaw or jigsaw will help with headstock shaping, but the body on mine needed nothing, not even sanding, before finishing. All in all, it's a very worthwhile project to undertake, and a lot of fun, while teaching you a little about setting a guitar up, too. Take your time, follow the included directions, and you'll end up with a guitar that you can be proud of. If you decide to build this kit, Here's a small tip- The body is sealed before the holes are drilled. This means that the insides of the holes are NOT sealed, and will absorb water when you go to wet-sand your paint job. This will swell the wood enough to cause your finish to split on the narrow strip of wood between the bridge posts and the pickup cavity. Make sure and seal the exposed wood inside the drilled and routed ares before you apply your finish. I learned the hard way. Good luck!

Better than I expected. Easy to assemble, simple to paint, and plays really well. Very surprised at the quality of the P90 pickup as well. Definitely do not regret buying this kit.

So I finally got around to building the LJ-10 kit from last Christmas, many other projects in front of it which served to sharpen general tool skills, so most everything went together very well. I was able to accomplish a TV-Yellow style finish with Formby's Tung Oil Finish after a light sanding of the body - the finish formed a perfect clear coat on the neck which was a very pleasant surprise.I bolted the neck on last, preferring to work on the body hardware and neck hardware separately. Everything went fairly well, the truss rod cover plate screws are somewhat oversized so I drilled the holes out just a tad bigger to avoid any chance of cracking the headstock. The headstock was left in its slightly oversized original condition. All of the other hardware went together without issue and the build went very quickly once the finish was completed. The electronics were just as no-brainer, although the color coding instructions left a few colors out (anyone unable to follow the included diagram shouldn't probably be building an electric anything, it was about as hard as putting a flashlight together).As an added note on the overall design, I'm not a huge fan of bolt on necks, but this particular one bolted on very nicely into a slot of exactly the correct size to hold it, and feels more solid than any other such neck I've ever handled.It would seem that the bridge stud holes were placed quite a bit too high on the body, not allowing for enough bridge adjustment to get the intonation right at the 12th fret. After several no-go attempts, I released all string tension, backed the bridge up manually as far as I could without coming out of the slot, and placed a solid metal spacer bar of about 1/4 inch in between each adjuster and its bridge pin to extend the length. Once I retensioned everything, I was able to then adjust the intonation properly with the bolts provided. At some future time a more permanent filling and re-drilling of the holes will be done, or longer adjustment bolts obtained.Now I had a working guitar on my hands, and after tweaking the string slots in the nut just a bit, I was quite pleased with the playability and sound. The single pickup is very hot, and actually balances bass and treble quite nicely. It's got plenty of crunch for loud rock and roll, but can be dialed back neatly for a very clean sound as well. I spent the evening alternating between LCarlton, CAtkins, and LSkynnard before I put it away for the night. Considering that I spent less than a buck fifty on this rig, two easy days of hand rubbed finish followed by a few hours of screwdriver work and careful ingenuity, I'd say it's a hard deal to beat. It gets a three for the misplaced holes only - it's hard to believe the folks that got that neck so right got the scale measurements off by that amount - but overall a neat project and I would/will buy another in the future.Next up, either the 335 kit (with a set neck option), or one of Grizzly's classical kits (or both). Have to either trust my builds enough to sell some existing guitars, or figure out some available space issues before I do another.

Just finished the kit. I upgraded the electronics and the hardware but the tuners from Guitar Fetish.com. Even without the upgrades I think it a good kit. Everything was drilled properly and fit perfect. No real issues. I sanded it to bare wood and did a vintage TV yellow paint job. I'm really liking it.

This was a buy that I ended up regretting. The wood they sent me had a knot that showed up after I stained it and it's got an ugly dark area by the bridge. I tried mailing the company about it and they wouldn't reply so I picked up some wooden veneer to cover it. By far the crappiest kit I've bought so far. The kit I bought for $59 was even better than this. I think the pickup is about the only thing worth keeping out of this kit. I believe it's got a true P-90 pickup but it would sound much nicer in another guitar. Matter of fact, the pickup is what you're paying for. Everything else in the box is trash. This project was a mistake that I'm learning from.

El producto no trae todas las piezas necesarias. Por ejemplo, necesita como 12 tornillos, y solamente trae los tornillos para el mástil.Los clavijeros los trajo mixtos, es decir, unos si funcionan con las piezas incluidas y otros no.

I got this kit because I’m in quarantine and was looking for something to occupy my time. It’s a great kit for beginners and up. Some of the hardware is cheap but if you can easily upgrade if you would like to. If you’re looking for an excellent playing guitar you will have to put a lot of work in but for what you get it is definitely worth the money! Shipped fast

My kit came with what appears to be a mahogany body, and the neck had binding and trapezoid inlays like an LP Standard, instead of an unbound neck with dots like in the picture. Fretboard was not rosewood, but some dyed mystery wood that works fine.Everything seemed solid but the tuners: these were so cheap that one had literally fallen apart during shipping. I ordered proper tuners to use, but for the price of the kit the included tuners should have been of better quality. The bridge is actually quite nice, it’s a wraparound but with adjustable saddles like a tuneomatic so you can adjust intonation. In order to get decent action, I had to shim the bolt on neck with 3 layers of a cut business card to get the neck at a proper angle. Not a big deal, but no mention of this in the instructions so an inexperienced builder might run into trouble if they don’t know how to do this.Speaking of the instructions, these were mostly useless and at times even wrong. Again, this could be a problem for an inexperienced builder. I’ve built many partscasters so I knew what to do but if you have no experience you will need to do some research in order to have a decent build.The P90 pickup is really good! It sounds full and fantastic. No need to upgrade it in my opinion. I got lucky and the nut on mine needed no work. The frets, too, were properly dressed and didn’t require a fret job to be playable. I ended up with a great sounding and playing guitar.Overall a great kit. I would have given it 5 stars if the stock tuners were usable.

Some pieces didn't FIT , HARD to put together and NO RESPONSE from company STAY AWAY & SAVE YOUR MONEY !!!!!!

Acheter en mars 2020 au prix de 103 dollars....tres facile a monter.. quelques trucs a ajuster comme la plus part des kits... tres satisfait...P.s les prix changent souvent alors soyer patient..