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We offer more than 40 guitar kit body shapes. You can choose your own hand orientation, tonewood type, hardware, fretboard inlays, headstock shape, binding options & more.
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Beginner-friendly ST-style solid zebrawood body guitar kit with a bolt-on neck and white pickguard. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Numb...
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Set-neck offset guitar kit with a mahogany body engineered rosewood fretboard standard dot inlays and chrome hardware. Specifications Hand Orienta...
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Build your own short-scale JG style guitar with a Mahogany body, bolt-on neck with rosewood fretboard, and white dot inlays using our DIY Guitar ki...
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Build your own solid basswood body TE style DIY guitar with a maple neck, fretboard, and chrome hardware. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty ...
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View full detailsDiscover everything you need to build your own electric guitar! With easy-to-follow guides, expert tips, and real community builds, we help you bring your custom guitar to life.
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Depending on the type of guitar you buy you may only require tools and materials for finishing the guitar (painting) and soldering.
Screwdrivers, sandpaper and sanding block. Finishing supplies e.g. Paint, stain, and clear gloss, ventilation mask, coping saw or jigsaw if shaping the headstock.
With this small list of inexpensive tools, you will be up and running and ready to build your electric guitar in no time.
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It depends on the choice of finish. For instance, when you paint or stain a guitar you will need the surface to dry and harden (cure). This can take anywhere from 1 week to 3 months depending on your choice of finishing product.
You will find the guitar dries to approximately 90% very quickly but the final 10% takes some time. If you can’t wait that long you could try tung oil or wax finish but bear in mind the finish won’t be as durable and protect the guitar as effectively.
Here is some advice that will help steer you in the right direction, use a reference. In most cases, this will be a guitar you particularly like the look of and want to create something similar.
To view the latest DIY guitars from our community follow us on Instagram and visit our Customer Reviews page.
Find a guitar image online with a finish you particularly like, print it out and reference it often.
When audio engineers first start out they are told to use a reference point in the form of a studio recording to get an impression of how the guitars should sound, this is exactly the same principle.
It’s defined firstly by the components you use and secondly the workmanship that goes into putting it all together.
Watch the community section of our Youtube Channel to learn how kit guitars sound.
