Maher Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Hey ! are the saga kits any good, i want to build a telecaster using one of the kits, its either the kit or buy a squier whats my best option. thank you sorry got abit over excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 go with the kit over a squier...experience is priceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stageleft Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I am in the process of building oneof those kits right now.......do it. You can always upgrade the tuners and electronics later, and at least this way, you'll know how. Its well worth the effort. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Building a kit will help you learn alot about finishing and setting up a guitar. I personally learned alot of things by starting out with a kit, that helped me on my other guitars. First off, I ended having to to level the frets, so I got alot of practice on that. I found out that I hated aerosyl can paint.. lol. I learned that you never get in a hurry, and don't rush things. There are tons more things I could list, but you get the picture. You will learn things that will only benifit you down the road and it's alot easier to start off with a kit, since you can learn certain areas first, before you tackle building one from scratch. Basically think of it as a way to learn fret leveling, fret dressing, finishing, and total guitar setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 While we're on the subject, how are the pickups in those things? I'm looking at buying a tele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 a buddy of mine had bought some saga pickups that someone had sold to him because they wanted texmex pus in thier saga kit, he bought them because he had a mexi strat that had everything but the pickups and i thought they sounded pretty good, my lazy ears have never really been able to tell the differences in pickups anyhow, my amp settings pretty much stay right where they are and im just like oh well, but anyhow, i would think for cost of a squier, plus i have never once in my life played a squier off the shelf that IMHO was setup perfect in that by the time you either setup yourself or paid the shop to do it you would be better off bolting together your own kit and learning how to setup your own instrument to your tastes, i finally a few years ago started to attempt setting up my own gear and have found that i enjoy it very much, i have a light touch and love to play with eights so my setups are not quite the norm but fenders are buzzy anyhow to me at least and in building your own kit you can experiment with different string sets and sizes etc... and find your own combo that works well for you, thats what i would suggest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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