By the descriptions alone not many of these are worth a second look. It does make me wonder just a tad about the ones that do rate well. I'd be most concerned with the neck pocket being routed nicely. Even still I think one could build a cheap guitar if they wanted to. The only thing keeping me from buying an SG body is the "No Returns" policy. What if you bought a neck and it was warped even the slightest? Your out the $20 some bucks you pay. The deals are tasty but not tasty enough for me but for the first time poor guitar builder this could be the ticket. Not everyone can afford to build a top of the line guitar out of the gate.

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All the more reason why a first timer must have a body that is correctly measured and routed according to the electronics and most importantly the neck pocket... ditto for the neck
It may look and fit OK but if the angles are off and whatever, that will not be apparent until after it is strung up. then the intonation is off and your average Newbie will not have a clue of what's wrong, only that it's not playable and they got ripped off....

There's more to putting these things together than just fitting and twisting screwdrivers.
Leo really did us all a great service by taking an engineer's viewpoint and redesigning an instrument so that the musician could repair, change and dial in the components.

However when it comes to cutting and fitting unfinished, unprepped necks and bodies together, that is a whole separate world.
I disagree with the fact that it is cost prohibitive to rebuild a professional quality Strat or Tele.
You can spend for high end componentry for every part of your Tele and Strat, but its most definitely not a necessity. Many have built excellent instruments on a budget of less than a few hundred dollars.....I have done so with my ( Pre Squier ) Stratopartster builds....

The NO Return Policy is because most of these are quite FUBAR 'ed and GFS is not going to take back a substandard piece and exchange it for a better replacement....At $20 to $40 a piece they would not be able to have a return on expenditure...Which tells me that what they are selling this stuff for is at least a 60% profit...The amount of man-hours from E-mails and Phone calls they will receive from unhappy purchasers dictates that they bought the lot at ridiculous fire sale prices....IMO

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And all I am getting at is that anyone who buys one of these after reading all the disclaimers forefits their right to complain about what they bought. I agree. They are junk. GFS tells you they are not top quality. They very clearly say "PLEASE understand that you will have to invest somewhere between a little or a LOT of work to make this a usable piece." No where does GFS make the claim that they are good for a beginner. That idea came from this thread.

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To get back to the original question. I wonder what factory they bought. Looks like a pretty broad line of bodies and necks.

The global market slowdown or instruments must have hit this OEM hard.

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The factory manufactured parts for at least two companies from the names off the headstocks neither of which I recognize.

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...I for one, sure would appreciate the return of intelligent conversation, spirit of assistance and the simple yet effective ignoring of those who can't seem to hang with that...
Best regards,
rob