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Every kit you buy earns you store credit for your next build. Here’s how your credit works:
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Choose from over 100 guitar kits. Every qualifying kit is shown below.
4.4 / 5.0
5 Reviews
Build your own mahogany body 34" EXP-style bass DIY guitar with engineered rosewood fretboard and a 5-string bolt-on neck. Specifications Ha...
View full details4.3 / 5.0
4 Reviews
Semi-hollow PR Guitar Kit with F-holes, engineered ebony fretboard, and abalone dove bird inlays. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Headsto...
View full details5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Build your own DIY left-handed Ash body ST style guitar with a bolt-on neck and rosewood fretboard. Specifications Body type: Solid Han...
View full details4.3 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Build your own E35 semi-hollow body DIY guitar kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Abalone Pearl Inlays. Specifications Hand Orientation:...
View full details4.3 / 5.0
4 Reviews
Alder body ST style guitar kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Maple Skunk Stripe Neck. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Number...
View full details4.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
TE style Guitar Kit with Ash Body, Flame Maple body veneer, and Maple neck with a skunk stripe. Shop now to build your own DIY guitar! Specificat...
View full details4.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Build your own DIY guitar kit with zebrawood body & neck, trapezoid inlays, and black pickguard and hardware. Specifications Hand Orient...
View full details4.8 / 5.0
4 Reviews
Build your own 7-string hollow guitar kit with a mahogany body, ebony fretboard, F-holes, and Florentine-style single cutaway. Specifications ...
View full detailsEver dreamed of crafting your custom short-scale guitar? It's time with our DIY kit, offering everything from a rosewood fretboard to a strong mapl...
View full details4.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Experience the joy of creating your own music with our DIY Violin Bass Guitar kit! This short-scale (30" / 760 mm) kit includes all the materials n...
View full details3.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Build your own E75-style hollow body guitar with Mahogany Neck, Flamed Maple veneer, F-Holes, and Florentine-style single cutaway. Specificati...
View full details3.5 / 5.0
4 Reviews
Build your own Basswood body DB style Guitar with Pau Ferro Fretboard using our DIY Guitar Kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty ...
View full details5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Build your own Mahogany LP-style body Guitar with Ebony Fretboard using this DIY Guitar Kit. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty He...
View full details5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Build your own semi-acoustic DIY guitar kit with Flamed Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Heads...
View full details4.3 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Start your dream guitar build with this ash ST-style kit, complete with Pau Ferro fretboard maple neck for a beautiful finish. Perfect for aspiring...
View full details3.7 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Ready to unleash your inner rockstar? Our Ash V-style DIY Guitar Kit is like a muscle car you build yourself, but instead of horsepower, you get fa...
View full details5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Build your own 30" Baritone Scale Semi-Hollow curved (arched) top LP-style guitar with Ebony Fretboard using this DIY Guitar Kit. Specifications H...
View full details5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Build your own basswood semi-hollow body guitar using this DIY LP-style guitar kit with spalted maple veneer, dot abalone Inlays. Specifications H...
View full details5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Ready to add a new badge to your DIY hall of fame? Our Zebrawood ST style body Guitar kit with an Rosewood fretboard is ready to roll with you. Put...
View full details4.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Build your own Lefty DB-style Ash body Guitar with Ebony Fretboard using our DIY Guitar kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Lefty He...
View full details4.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Build your own left-handed DIY L-style guitar with flamed maple veneer, chrome finish hardware, and trapezoid pearl white inlays. Specifications ...
View full details3.2 / 5.0
5 Reviews
Build your own semi-acoustic DIY guitar kit with Flamed Maple Veneer Mahogany body and Ebony Fretboard with beautiful Split Parallelogram Pearl Whi...
View full details4.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Semi-Hollow TE-style Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body, Quilt Maple body veneer, and Maple neck. Specifications Hand Orientation*: Righty B...
View full details1.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Build your own left-handed DIY guitar with a mahogany body and neck, ebony fretboard, and pearl white Trapezoid fretboard inlays kit. Specificati...
View full detailsDepending 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.
Recommended reading: Luthier Tools for DIY Guitar Kits
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.
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