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Best Guitar Kits for Brian May Fans

If you're inspired by Brian May’s unmistakable music and want to build you own custom guitar, this is where to begin.

Guitar models such as Gretsch White Falcon®, Gibson Les Paul®, and Gibson SG® defined many Funk songs. Our DIY kits aren’t official replicas but they make it possible to build your own DIY guitars perfectly suited for Funk music inspired by those legendary instruments—excellent for fans and hobby builders.

LP Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware - Guitar Kit World
L1 Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware - Guitar Kit World
$299.99 USD
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$279.99 USD
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$279.99 USD

L1 Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware

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Build your own DIY LP-style guitar with two gold finish humbucker pickups, a beautiful quilted maple veneer body top, and trapezoid pearl white inl...

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L1 Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
L1 Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$299.99 USD - $299.99 USD
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$299.99 USD
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$299.99 USD

L1 Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard, Black Pickguard

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Do it yourself LP-style guitar kit with flame maple veneer and trapezoid pearl white inlays. Specifications Hand orientation: Righty Headstock Sh...

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L1 Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Chrome Hardware - Guitar Kit World
L1 Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Chrome Hardware - Guitar Kit World
$289.99 USD
$289.99 USD - $289.99 USD
$289.99 USD
$269.99 USD
$269.99 USD - $269.99 USD
$269.99 USD

LP style Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Chrome Hardware

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Build your own DIY LP-style guitar with two chrome finish humbucker pickups, a beautiful quilted maple veneer body top, and trapezoid pearl whit...

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Hollow Body L5 style Guitar Kit w/ Flamed Maple Body Veneer, Rosewood Fretboard
Hollow Body Guitar Kit w/ Flamed Maple Body Veneer, Rosewood Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$319.99 USD
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$309.99 USD
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$309.99 USD

Hollow Body Guitar Kit with Flamed Maple Body Veneer, Rosewood Fretboard

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Build your own hollow body, semi-acoustic DIY guitar with Mahogany body and neck, flamed maple veneer, F-holes, and single cutaway. Specification...

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LP Guitar Kit - Guitar Kit World
LP Guitar Kit - Guitar Kit World
$399.99 USD - $399.99 USD
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$399.99 USD

LP-style Guitar Kit

Custom Shop Kit

Description: Body type: Solid LP-style Neck Shape: C-shaped Number of Frets: 22 Scale Length: 628 mm (24.75″) Cutaways: Single Pickups: 2 Standard...

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Hollow Archtop Body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
Hollow Archtop Body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$319.99 USD
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$299.99 USD
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$299.99 USD

Hollow Archtop Body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard

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Build your own Hollow Archtop Body Guitar with Ebony Fretboard using our DIY Guitar Kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Headstock Shap...

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L1 Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer - Guitar Kit World
L1 Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer - Guitar Kit World
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$289.99 USD
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$269.99 USD
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$269.99 USD

L1 Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer

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Build your own Mahogany body LP-style guitar with flame maple veneer, and rosewood fretboard using our DIY Guitar kits. Specifications Hand-...

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LP Junior Guitar Kit w/ Spalted Maple Veneer
L3 Junior Solid-Body Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer - Guitar Kit World
$249.99 USD
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$229.99 USD
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$229.99 USD

Junior LPJ Solid-Body Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer

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Build your own junior solid-body singlecut guitar using this DIY guitar kit with a beautiful Spalted Maple Veneer, mahogany body & bolt-on mapl...

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L4 Doublecut Junior solid Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Rosewood Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
L4 Doublecut Junior solid Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Rosewood Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$249.99 USD
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Doublecut LPJ Mahogany Body Guitar Kit with Rosewood Fretboard

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Build your own solid-body double-cut guitar using this DIY guitar kit with a mahogany body & bolt-on mahogany neck with a beautiful rosewood fr...

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L2 Semi-Hollow Kit Guitar with F Sound Holes, Spalted Maple Veneer - Guitar Kit World
L2 Semi-Hollow Kit Guitar with F Sound Holes, Spalted Maple Veneer - Guitar Kit World
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$279.99 USD
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$279.99 USD

L2 Semi-Hollow Kit Guitar with F Sound Holes, Spalted Maple Veneer

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Build your own semi-hollow DIY guitar with a beautiful spalted maple veneer, mahogany body & set-in neck, engineered ebony fretboard, and tr...

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Mahogany LP style body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
L1 DIY Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$279.99 USD
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$229.99 USD
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$229.99 USD

LP DIY Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard

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Build your own Mahogany LP-style body Guitar with Ebony Fretboard using this DIY Guitar Kit. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Headstock Sh...

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L1 Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware - Guitar Kit World
L1 Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Rosewood Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
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$299.99 USD - $299.99 USD
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L1 Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Rosewood Fretboard, Ivory Pickguard

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Build your own LP-style solid body guitar using our DIY guitar kit with a mahogany body and neck, flamed maple veneer. Specifications Han...

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Lefty G2 Guitar Kit with Chrome Hardware - Guitar Kit World
Lefty G2 Guitar Kit with Chrome Hardware - Guitar Kit World
$299.99 USD
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Lefty G2 Guitar Kit with Chrome Hardware

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Left-handed Mahogany body G2 Guitar Kit with Two Humbucker pickups and Quilted Maple Veneer. Specifications Hand Orientation: Lefty ...

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LP Hollow Body Guitar Kit - Guitar Kit World
LP Hollow Body Guitar Kit - Guitar Kit World
$449.99 USD - $449.99 USD
$449.99 USD
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$449.99 USD

LP-style Hollow Body Guitar Kit

Custom Shop Kit

Build your own LP-style hollow body DIY guitar. This DIY guitar kit can be customized according to your taste and playing style. Customize hand-ori...

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L2 Baritone 30" Semi-Hollow Guitar Kit, Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
L2 Baritone 30" Semi-Hollow Guitar Kit, Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$319.99 USD
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$319.99 USD
$299.99 USD
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$299.99 USD

Mahogany L2 Baritone 30" Semi-Hollow Archtop Guitar Kit, Ebony Fretboard

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Build your own 30" Baritone Scale Semi-Hollow curved (arched) top LP-style guitar with Ebony Fretboard using this DIY Guitar Kit. Specifications H...

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SG2 Guitar Kit with Maple Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
SG2 Guitar Kit with Maple Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$289.99 USD
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$249.99 USD
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$249.99 USD

G2-style Guitar Kit with Maple Fretboard

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Build your own mahogany body G2-style guitar with our DIY kit with a beautiful maple fretboard and black finish hardware. Specifications ...

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Rosewood Fretboard SG2 Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body - Guitar Kit World
Rosewood Fretboard SG2 Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body - Guitar Kit World
$289.99 USD
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$259.99 USD
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$259.99 USD

Rosewood Fretboard G2-style Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body

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Build your G2-style guitar with this beautiful one-piece mahogany body DIY kit with rosewood fretboard and pearl white trapezoid inlays. Specificat...

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L2 Semi-Hollow Basswood Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer - Guitar Kit World
L2 Semi-Hollow Basswood Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer - Guitar Kit World
$299.99 USD
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$289.99 USD
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$289.99 USD

L2 Semi-Hollow Basswood Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer

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Build your own basswood semi-hollow body guitar using this DIY LP-style guitar kit with spalted maple veneer, dot abalone Inlays. Specifications H...

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Lefty LP Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Chrome Hardware - Guitar Kit World
Lefty LP Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Chrome Hardware - Guitar Kit World
$269.99 USD
$269.99 USD - $269.99 USD
$269.99 USD
$249.99 USD
$249.99 USD - $249.99 USD
$249.99 USD

Lefty L-style Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Chrome Hardware

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Build your own left-handed DIY L-style guitar with flamed maple veneer, chrome finish hardware, and trapezoid pearl white inlays. Specifications ...

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L1 Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware - Guitar Kit World
L1 Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware - Guitar Kit World
$269.99 USD
$269.99 USD - $269.99 USD
$269.99 USD
$259.99 USD
$259.99 USD - $259.99 USD
$259.99 USD

L1 Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware

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Build your own DIY LP-style guitar with two gold finish humbucker pickups, a beautiful spalted maple veneer body top, and abalone inlays on an e...

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G3 Guitar Kit with Three Humbucking Pickups - Guitar Kit World
G3 Guitar Kit with Three Humbucking Pickups - Guitar Kit World
$299.99 USD - $299.99 USD
$299.99 USD
$299.99 USD
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$299.99 USD

G3 Guitar Kit with Three Humbucking Pickups

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Build your own Mahogany body G3 guitar with gold finish hardware using our DIY Guitar kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty ...

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L2 Semi-Hollow Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
L2 Semi-Hollow Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
$329.99 USD
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$329.99 USD
$299.99 USD
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$299.99 USD

L2 Semi-Hollow Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard

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Build your own Semi-Hollow Body Mahogany LP-style Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard using our DIY Guitar kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Rig...

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L1 Mahogany body 7-string Guitar Kit with Rosewood Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
L1 Mahogany Body 7-String Guitar Kit With Rosewood Fretboard Lp7
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L1 Mahogany body 7-string Guitar Kit with Rosewood Fretboard

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Build your own 7-string DIY guitar using this DIY guitar kit with a mahogany body & set-in mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, and trapezoid pea...

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Mahogany Body G style 7-string Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard - Guitar Kit World
Mahogany Body G Style 7-String Guitar Kit With Ebony Fretboard Sg7
$299.99 USD - $299.99 USD
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Mahogany Body G style 7-string Guitar Kit with Ebony Fretboard

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Build your own 7-string Mahogany Body DIY guitar using this DIY Guitar Kit. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Headstock Shape: St...

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Why Choose Guitar Kit World for Your Brian May inspired DIY Build?

Artists like Brian May helped shape the sound of Funk — and now you can build your own guitar inspired by that legacy. Guitar Kit World makes it easy to recreate the look and feel of iconic tones with DIY kits designed for customization. Each kit is made with quality tonewoods and designed to allow you to choose your own hand orientation, tonewood type, hardware, fretboard inlays, headstock shape, binding options & more.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are your kits licensed by Brian May or any guitar brands?

No. Our DIY guitar kits are not licensed, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by any guitar brands or artists, including Brian May or his estate. All references to artists or guitar styles are for educational and tribute purposes only.

The Funk music guitar kits sold on Guitar Kit World are not official replicas or authorized replacements for branded guitars (e.g., Gretsch White Falcon®, Gibson Les Paul®, and Gibson SG®, etc.). They are custom-made, unassembled kits designed for hobbyists and builders who want to craft unique, personalized instruments. All kits are sold “as is” and are not intended to be compatible with or interchangeable with parts from any official branded instruments.

What guitars are most associated with Brian May?

Some of the guitars most closely associated with Brian May include the Gretsch White Falcon®, Gibson Les Paul®, and Gibson SG®. These models helped shape Brian May's signature sound and stage presence across performances and recordings.

Our DIY kits are inspired by these styles to help fans and builders create instruments that echo the tone and vibe of their favorite artists — purely for tribute and educational purposes.

What tools do I need to build a kit guitar?

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.

Recommended reading: Luthier Tools for DIY Guitar Kits

Does the kit include everything to build a working guitar?

Our stock kits contain all necessary parts (unless stated otherwise on the product page).

How long does it take to complete a Brian May-style guitar kit?

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.

Do I have to solder the electronics?

Most of our kits require basic soldering. If you're new to it, check out our wiring guide here.

What finishing options can I use on my guitar?

You can use stain, paint, or oil-based finishes. Learn more about finishing techniques here.

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.

How good will my finished kit guitar sound?

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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