Lightweight Paulownia TL-Style Guitar Body with Matte Charcoal Gray Finish (TLB-105)

Item finally arrived after 6 weeks. Neck holes were drilled 1/4" off from where they should be, bridge pickup rout was too small. After offering me $5, and stating "we have submitted your feedback to our factory for verification. After review, the TLB-105 guitar body has been confirmed to meet product specifications, and no quality defect has been found" they finally agreed to accept a return. But they wouldn't tell me where to send it, and they were going to charge me shipping. I ended up keeping it, filling, re-drilling and re-routing until it was useable. I would strongly suggest you don't purchase a guitar body from these guys. You'll regret it if you do.

Great price, like the color, and love the light weight. What I did not like! The rout for the bridge pickup was to small. Had to use a Dremel tool to widen rout, so bridge pickup would fit. The 4 pre-drilled holes in the pocket are 1/4 inch or 6.35 mm to low, and a standard Tele pickguard does not fit properly. I had to use a pickguard made for a body with an F hole. You need to get better telecaster body templates. Try a template from StewMacs.

The body is supposed to be finished and it is with some kind of clear coat. However, the body scratches too easily. Anything at all scratches the finish even my finger nails with excepting any pressure at all. The neck pocket had about 4mm of whatever clear coat was on the guitar as well. I had to scrape it all out of the neck pocket so the neck didn't sit so high in the pocket. The only reason I bought the guitar body was because it was "finished" but one would need to clear it with protective poly to prevent scratching if they cared at all about the looks of the body.

I made a detailed video of the issues and was contacted by customer service who told me they could not make out the issues from the video. So, there you go. I guess it is what it is... a lesson learned.

Great quality guitar body and precise routing. Very well‑made.

Absolutely love this guitar body! they replied to all my questions about paint finish and size details within a few hours.