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Maple Guitar Kits
Maple brings brightness, clarity, and visual impact to a guitar build. As a body wood, maple produces a tight, articulate tone with pronounced attack and clear note separation. Every note in a chord rings out distinctly, making maple an excellent choice for players who value precision and definition.
Our maple guitar kits are available in several body styles, giving you the tonal brightness of maple across different playing configurations. Some kits use a full maple body, while others pair a maple top with a mahogany or basswood back to balance brightness with warmth.
The visual appeal of maple is hard to beat. Figured maple, especially flame and quilted patterns, produces some of the most stunning guitar finishes possible. A clear or lightly tinted finish over figured maple creates a depth and shimmer that draws the eye.
Maple is a dense, hard wood, which means it is heavier than mahogany or basswood. That density is where the brightness and sustain come from, but plan for a guitar that carries some weight. If you want a bright, clear-sounding instrument with show-stopping looks, a maple kit delivers on both fronts.
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...
View full detailsSemi-Hollow Offset Electric Guitar Kit, Quilted Maple Veneer, Mahogany Body, Rosewood Fretboard
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9/10 Advanced
Build your own semi-hollow mahogany offset body guitar with quilted maple veneer and rosewood fretboard using our guitar kit. Specifications ...
View full detailsWR Mahogany Bass Kit with Ebony Fretboard
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4/10 Beginner
Build and customize your own bass with the W2 Mahogany Bass Kit. This kit is designed for players who want a standout body shape, strong low-end to...
View full detailsPR Guitar Kit w/ Quilted Maple Veneer, Pearl White Inlays
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6/10 Intermediate
Right-handed solid two-piece mahogany body PR guitar kit with quilted maple veneer, rosewood fretboard, and pearl white dove bird inlays. Specifica...
View full detailsClassic Single-Cutaway Electric Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body, Engineered Ebony Fretboard, Two Single-Coils
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3/10 Beginner
Build your own guitar with TE style unfinished Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body and Neck Ebony (Engineered) Fretboard, and Chrome Hardware. You can find T...
View full detailsSemi-Hollow PR w/ Solid Carved Maple Cap, Abalone Pearl Inlays
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Semi-hollow PR-style guitar kit features a chambered solid mahogany body topped with a solid carved maple cap, delivering a balanced blend of warmt...
View full detailsDouble-Cutaway Contoured Electric Guitar Kit, Alder Body, Quilted Maple Veneer, Dual Humbuckers
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Alder body ST style guitar kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Maple Skunk Stripe Neck. Specifications Hand Orientation: Right-Hand Number of Frets: 2...
View full detailsSemi-Hollow Double-Cutaway Electric Guitar Kit, Quilted Maple Veneer, Abalone Inlays
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7/10 Intermediate
Build your own E35 semi-hollow body DIY guitar kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Abalone Pearl Inlays. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Heads...
View full detailsV4 Ash body Guitar Kit with Rosewood Fretboard
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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 detailsAlder Body Semi-hollow ST-style Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer
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Build Your Own Alder Body Semi-hollow ST-style Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer using our DIY Guitar Kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Ri...
View full detailsL1 Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware
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8/10 Advanced
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...
View full detailsBlank Electric Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body, Ebony Fretboard, Two Single-Coils
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8/10 Advanced
Build and shape your own electric guitar with our TE-style Blank Guitar Kit. This slab-body style kit gives you a solid mahogany foundation paired ...
View full detailsSemi-Hollow Double-Cutaway Electric Guitar Kit, Flame Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard
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7/10 Intermediate
Build your own semi-acoustic DIY guitar kit with Flamed Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Heads...
View full detailsShort-scale JGS style Guitar Kit with Basswood Body, Maple Neck
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Build your own short-scale JGS style DIY guitar with a Basswood body, a Maple bolt-on neck, and an Ebony fretboard with white Pearloid dot inlays. ...
View full detailsL2 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...
View full detailsClassic Single-Cutaway 4-String Bass Guitar Kit, Basswood Body, Skunk Stripe Maple Neck
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Build your own Basswood T-style Bass Guitar Kit with Maple Neck and Skunk Stripe using this DIY Guitar kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Rig...
View full detailsAcoustic Electric Semi-Hollow ST-style Basswood Guitar Kit
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Build your own acoustic electric guitar with this semi-hollow ST-style DIY guitar kit, designed for builders who want acoustic warmth, electric ver...
View full detailsHeavy Metal Electric Guitar Kit, Ash Body, Flame Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard, Left-Handed
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Build your own Lefty DB-style Ash body Guitar with Ebony Fretboard using our DIY Guitar kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Lefty He...
View full detailsThin Semi-Hollow Single-Cutaway Electric Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body, Quilted Maple Veneer, String-Through Body
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Semi-Hollow TE-style Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body, Quilt Maple body veneer, and Maple neck. Specifications Hand Orientation: Right-Hand Number o...
View full detailsF3 Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard
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Build your own DIY guitar with a beautiful quilted maple veneer mahogany body, ebony fretboard, and black hardware. Specifications Hand O...
View full detailsJM Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body, Maple Neck
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Build your JM-style guitar using this DIY kit with a solid mahogany body and maple neck with white dot inlays. Specifications Hand Orientati...
View full detailsLefty PR Guitar Kit w/ Flame Maple Veneer, Abalone Pearl Inlays
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Build your own mahogany body left-handed PR-style DIY Guitar with Flamed Maple Veneer. Specifications Hand Orientation: Lefty Number of Frets: 2...
View full detailsG3 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 ...
View full detailsHeadless 4-String Bass Guitar Kit, 34 Inch Scale, Mahogany Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretboard
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Build your own Headless Bass Guitar with Mahogany body and Maple Neck using our Guitar Kit. Specifications Hand Orientation: Right-Hand Neck Jo...
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Maple Type
Check whether the kit uses plain maple, flame maple, or quilted maple. Figured maple costs more but produces dramatic visual effects under a clear finish.
Body Construction
Some kits use a solid maple body, while others pair a maple top with a lighter back wood for reduced weight and tonal balance.
Weight
Maple is one of the heaviest tonewoods. A full maple body can be notably heavy, so consider a maple-top kit if weight is a concern.
Finishing Figured Maple
Figured maple looks best under a clear or tinted transparent finish. Opaque finishes hide the grain pattern and waste the visual potential.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a maple body guitar sound like?
Maple produces a bright, articulate tone with strong attack and clear note definition. It emphasizes upper harmonics and provides tight, controlled low end. Compared to mahogany, maple sounds snappier and more present, with less warmth in the midrange.
Is maple harder to work with than other tonewoods?
Maple is denser and harder than mahogany or basswood, so it takes more effort to sand. It also shows scratches and sanding marks more readily under a clear finish, so take extra care during surface preparation. The payoff is a stunning finished product.
Should I use a clear finish on a maple guitar body?
If your kit has figured maple, absolutely. Flame and quilted maple patterns only show their full depth under a transparent finish. A light amber tint enhances the figure even further. Opaque paint hides the grain entirely, so save that for plainer maple blanks.