In praise of cheap guitars... Aiersi Thinline Tele

Babyfrank

Picked up this little beauty from a guy on Facebook who imports from a Chinese company called Aiersi.



Original guitar was £95 including delivery, and on arrival I was blown away with the quality of the guitar for the amount paid... It was playable out of the box, but I've made a couple of mods as follows

Replaced the Tunomatic with a roller bridge, because Bigsby style Vibrato's really need them, I think.

Fitted some Wilkinson EZ Lock tuners; the stock ones were fine, I just like the EZ lock for quick restringing.

Fitted new "Witch Hat" style knobs, to bring it closer to the JA90 original that it's obviously emulating.

Didn't touch the pickups yet as they sound fine, and work well at gig volume with no squealing or microphonics.


So, for a total outlay of £140 I've got a very
playable and fun thinline Tele.

Here's a more detailed pic;



I never cease to be amazed at what's coming out of China these days...

Cheers
BabyFrank

hobbio

I like that.

Sarge

Nice!
I saw these on FB, he does a mean looking tv yellow DCalike for not much money, very tempting.

jd0272

I REALLY like that. For the money it's an absolute win.

Dave_Mc

Very nice! In the first pic I thought it was white, but from the second pic I'm guessing it's a natural finish with a flamed maple top?

Babyfrank

Yes, looks like a maple veneer on the top. He had then in a transparent black finish too, but I didn't get in quick enough for one of those. Still like the natural finish though...

Deijavoo

Nice!

usedtobe

Link to the guys page?

4114Effects

Are the frets ok? I bought a neck off the same guy and it was terrible. Looked like someone had used a flat head screwdriver to bash the frets in. Also bought an acoustic which went straight back as the body felt like it hadn't been touched with sandpaper and the bottom E didn't work through the piezo. Put me off trying him again, although I've seen others who were more than happy with his stuff.

I guess at that price you're taking a little bit of a risk. To be fair he's quick at refunding if you do send back too.

gubble

Looks fantastic - i see they've a nice LP Junior style guitar on their website which looks rather tasty

Dave_Mc

Babyfrank said:

Yes, looks like a maple veneer on the top. He had then in a transparent black finish too, but I didn't get in quick enough for one of those. Still like the natural finish though...

Yeah natural is nice.

Babyfrank

4114Effects said:

Are the frets ok? I bought a neck off the same guy and it was terrible. Looked like someone had used a flat head screwdriver to bash the frets in. .

Frets were fine, maybe I was just lucky. That said, I'd bought a Strat neck from him last year which was great quality, so maybe it's a batch thing, don't know

Babyfrank

usedtobe said:

Link to the guys page?

Don't know about a website, but he's on Facebook as Alan George Guitars... BF

usedtobe

Got it - cheers!

UnclePsychosis

Looks good!