We built a HAND-PAINTED TELECASTER from a GUITAR KIT — Worth the trouble?

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Ever thought of building and customizing your own electric guitar? My daughter Avalon and I discovered it's surprisingly easy when you start with a high-quality Guitar Kit. But there are potential pitfalls and hidden costs, and it's time-consuming...
So today, we explore the pros and cons of buying, building and customizing a kit guitar vs. spending approximately the same total amount on a pre-built guitar from a name brand like Fender or Squier.
AND we attempt to answer the BIG question: Is building a DIY kit guitar worth the time and money? Watch and listen, then YOU be the judge.
BONUS: Hear the final product in action — the one-of-a-kind "Lassocaster" from Avalon Cassard and AC Guitars!

▶ STEWMAC ELECTRIC GUITAR KITS ◀
https://www.stewmac.com/kits-and-projects/instrument-kits/electric-guitar-kits/

▶HEADSTOCK DECALS ◀
https://stringkraft.com/

▶ BLACK GUITAR STRINGS ◀
DR Black Beauty Strings
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⏰ Chapter Timestamps
00:00 Lassocaster Blues (Excerpt)
00:24 Build a kit guitar? From which company?
01:13 Guitar Discoveries theme
01:26 Kits from The Fretwire? — No
02:58 Kits from StewMac? — Yes
03:42 Sanding the Body
05:23 Filling the Grain
07:10 Esthetic Decisions and Custom Painting
07:42 The "Lassocaster" and Custom Decals
08:01 StewMac Customer Service experience
08:55 Homemade Graphite Transfers for Line Art
10:20 360-Degree Spray for Clearcoat (Body)
11:24 Spraying the Neck and prep for decals
12:34 Custom-Designed Headstock Decals
13:09 Strap Buttons, esthetic choices and Tuners
13:54 Oiling the Rosewood Fretboard
14:05 Soldering, Final Assembly and Pro Setup
14:58 Takezo Takeda - Final setup, pickup tweaks
15:55 Neck, Neck Pickup, Bridge Pickup evaluation
17:05 Is building from a kit worth it? The final tally
18:39 Component Quality vs. Name Brand (Fender)
19:08 The answer to the BIG question
19:32 The Lassocaster and GuitarDiscoveries.com
20:10 Lassocaster Blues (Excerpt)

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I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to!

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