Build your own Strat (Style)

Hi all, what do you think of this?
Would it be worth it? How do you think it would sound? It would be interesting to build a guitar (I always wanted to), but not if it would sound like crap!

read the assembly instructions but for your money you will end up with a guitar made out of cheap components. The painting of the guitar is the only real trick to this kit but if you do not do a good job on finishing then it won`t look very good. You will probably want to buy a paint sprayer (compressor) and a small power sander. For the same money you can buy a professionally made guitar of somewhat better overall quality. I suspect that if built well it would sound similar to a Squire.

cheaper on ebay than the price on that site. I`ve never tried one, but I have thought that it would be a neat project.

say this - if you want to build a guitar to save money, you`d better give up on the idea and go buy one. If you want to build a guitar because you would enjoy the experience and it`s just killing you to know what goes on inside a strat, knock yourself out.

sellers. The Strat and Tele style kits go for less than 100$. I just got one of the Precision bass kits, and am now ready for assembly. I think the quality is decent however the neck pocket route is a little messy, but I don`t think it will affect the sound. The body`s on these are made of approximately four pieces of wood glued together, and they are not too picky about matching them up. You would need to put an opaque finish on these, clear or stained finish won`t look too good IMO.
It has taken me a good amount of time to finish the body on this, and it looks OK but I made some mistakes since this was my first try. I am still seeing some finish scratches but I don`t think I want to sand out again...that was a bit long. I sanded back down to the wood and tried spraying over with color again, however the color then looked noticeably darker. (make sure to get enough color down, and then enough clear so you don`t sand back down to the wood). I`m not sure why I can still see scratches in the finish, I guess one of the sandpaper passes was not even or long enough.
It has been fun and I should be playing it within a week or so. I couldn`t buy a bass for the 100$ I initially spent on this kit, however add another 50$ for the finish and sandpaper, and 25$ for a nice set of strings. Home-Depot sells Spray Lacquer which was alot cheaper than buying on the on-line site I first bought Lacquer on. However I doubt that Home-Depot has the large selection of colors. For near the total cost I have already spent, however I could have bought a better made and better finished bass than what I will end up with.
I think it was fun to do, and would recommend finishing one of these kits. However you won`t end up with something better than a 200$ guitar.