General
Model Number
TCK-1SB-SD
Series
TC Style
Body Information
Body Material
Basswood
Body Shape
TC Style
Body Finish
3-Tone Sunburst
Neck Information
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Shape
Modern C
Neck Finish
Unfinished
Scale Length
25.5" / 648mm
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
12"
Number of Frets
22
Frets
Medium Jumbo, Nickel Silver
Nut Material
Plastic
Nut Width
42mm
Position Inlays
Acrylic Dot
Truss Rod
2-Way-Action
Truss Rod Nut
4 mm Hex
Hardware & Electronics
Finish
Chrome
Pickup Configuration
S-S
Pickups
Ceramic Pickups
Pickguard
3-Ply Black
Controls
1V, 1T, 3-Way Toggle
Bridge
Top Loading TC Bridge
Tuning Machines
Schaller Type
Potentiometers
Full Sized Pots
Misc
Solderless wiring, Includes all mounting screws, strap buttons, and plates
Accessories
Includes
Hex Adjustment Keys & Instrument Cable
cortneyrodet (verified buyer) –
What an awesome project. I’m a beginner with zero experience, and this was the perfect gateway into kits and guitar building. The quality overall was great. The neck and fretting were superb, and the finish on the body looks fantastic. The wood grain shows up nicely through the burst. It took some learning on the job to get the action, intonation, and neck relief right, but it’s a blast. I’m really happy with how the pickups sound out of my Fender Mustang amp. I put 11-48 gauge strings on it, had to adjust the truss rod quite a bit, and raised the bridge pickup. Saddle needed adjustment for intonation, but I got there and I play it everyday.
Customer service at Solo is great, too.
The only two minor complaints: 1) the tuners are really cheap, but that’s an easy enough modification 2) I had to read elsewhere to know what I was doing for a proper tele setup. There’s plenty of stuff out there, so it wasn’t hard to find, but the instructions that come with the kit are very minimal. That said, I will buy from Solo again and again.
Ivan Soto (verified buyer) –
Excellent results in my first guitar project, I do acquired the solderless kit and believe me, that was easy and took me less than two hours from the unboxing to the guitar playing, of course without the proper setup, everything was received in correct working order, well packed and organized. Very Happy !
Brant Wise (verified buyer) –
Fantastic guitar for the money! This was my first kit guitar, and I was hestlitant to purchase for a few reasons. First, I thought I might be trying something beyond my skills etc, but I was able to complete the entire build in a little over 2 hours. All the pre-drilled holes were perfectly aligned and the solderless design was plug and play! The second reason was I was afraid clearing US customs would take a long time, but solo support was amazing. They even completed and sent the necessary Lacey Act and hazardous materials forms to FedEx for me! I will be purchasing another DIY guitar from Solo when I have the budget for another. In the meantime, I’ll be getting a lot of use out of this one.
michael.koehle (verified buyer) –
Really great product at a great price. Instructions were clear, the finish on the body was high quality, and the neck I received was really impressive. It was straight with no troublesome frets and felt really smooth. The neck seriously felt about as good as a Fender Player series. I finished the neck with 5 coats of Tung Oil, and it looks and feels rather good.
Furthermore, the neck fit tightly into the body with no gap. Like the others, I needed a fair bit of truss rod adjustment, but with a bit of time and effort to get the saddles and truss rod right, I was able to get a nice low action with good intonation. For the electronics, my pickups were really muddy sounding (especially the neck). I raised them both a fair bit and tried new strings (D’Addario 10’s), which helped a bit. Fortunately, I was able to get a deal on a Fender Vintera ’50s Vintage Telecaster Pickup Set. I soldered these in, and what a huge difference. It’s now a great sounding guitar. The tuning machines were pretty good, but I did end up switching them out for some basic MusicLilly locking tuners, which was another improvement.
In summary, a really good experience.