Well, I ended up buying the TL-1 kit and I am very pleased with the overall quality. Things got in the way however and I still haven't started the build. I was busy writing my first novel and published it early this year. Now I am ready to move forward with my Telecaster build. I'm pretty excited and getting all kinds of help from this Forum. For the newbies out there, like me, you are going to have a gas and I wish you the best. I'll be looking to see how everyone's builds are coming along.

BTW, if you like thriller books, for fun check out my paperback/eBook published on Amazon, entitled THE STREETS OF ITAEWON written under pseudonym of William Randolph Etche.