Dirt cheap Jaguar kit

Stepney · Post by **Stepney** » Mon May 23, 2022 11:32 pm

Currently resisting the temptation the pull the trigger on this:

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/400012662 ... t=Pc2Msite

Has anyone got any experience of these?

Alongside the caveats of ordering off Aliexpress, I’m fully expecting the pickups and pots to be rubbish, but if the body, neck, routing, scale length and frets are decent it could be a pretty economical starting point for a project.

Nudger · Post by **Nudger** » Tue May 24, 2022 12:09 am

Bought an offset type off aliexpress a fiew years ago.
The control plates were made of mirrored plastic

Not same guitar as this but I would check with the seller.

Stepney · Post by **Stepney** » Tue May 24, 2022 1:02 am

Ha ha, fake metal.

As cheap as it is, I’m kind of hoping someone has already given it a go and can give some sort of reassurance, particularly as you’re not far off a second hand Squier at that price that you could mod.

bodhi · Post by **bodhi** » Tue May 24, 2022 1:49 am

Personally I'd just give it a pass... Dunno about your local market, but herewards I saw a decent used Squier for 280€, which is about a sneeze from what that Aliexpress kit comes down to including import taxes.

Nevermind it being a known commodity, already finished and probably a lot better quality parts as well.

Stepney · Post by **Stepney** » Tue May 24, 2022 2:08 am

bodhi wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 1:49 am
Personally I'd just give it a pass... Dunno about your local market, but herewards I saw a decent used Squier for 280€, which is about a sneeze from what that Aliexpress kit comes down to including import taxes.

Nevermind it being a known commodity, already finished and probably a lot better quality parts as well.

Yeah, I agree. Really reinforces just how excellent value the recent Squiers are I guess.

I just noticed this - seems like the same kit - there appears to e a lip on the neck so I'm definitely staying away:
https://pangomusic.en.made-in-china.com ... -728-.html

LVC · Post by **LVC** » Tue May 24, 2022 3:32 am

Nudger wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 12:09 am
Bought an offset type off aliexpress a fiew years ago.
The control plates were made of mirrored plastic

Yup, confirmed from te pics on the AliExpress page posted above

Also: Strat pickups, switches instead of rollers on the upper control plate

iainmayfield · Post by **iainmayfield** » Tue May 24, 2022 5:01 am

you pay for what you get - it looks total rubbish!!

better to by a cheap Squier and upgrade it surely!

Unicorn Warrior · Post by **Unicorn Warrior** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:22 am

Oddly enough, I kindof want that mirror plastic. I’m eventually on a quest to make a light Jaguar and those would help a ton

JackFawkes · Post by **JackFawkes** » Tue May 24, 2022 11:05 am

It's probably just "mirror" acrylic, like WD Pickguard's color option #10.

Jack

LVC · Post by **LVC** » Tue May 24, 2022 11:17 am

Unicorn Warrior wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 10:22 am
Oddly enough, I kindof want that mirror plastic. I’m eventually on a quest to make a light Jaguar and those would help a ton

Thin aluminum plates would be a good compromise

marqueemoon · Post by **marqueemoon** » Tue May 24, 2022 11:17 am

Looks like trash to me.

You can buy a Harley Benton MS-60 for less too.

Fiddy · Post by **Fiddy** » Tue May 31, 2022 9:21 am

Hot garbage

ohm-men · Post by **ohm-men** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:18 am

Stay away from these as far as you can. Sorry, but these are utter garbage... there is no other way to describe this attrocity.
Really, get a hold of used Squier Jaguar... You'll thank me later for that....

The one I once held wasn't even 24" scale to begin with.

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