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Solid Body Guitar Kits

Solid body electric guitars are the foundation of modern music. No acoustic chambers, no hollow spaces, just a solid slab of tonewood that translates string vibration into pure electric signal through your pickups.

This collection brings together every solid body guitar kit we carry, from single cutaways and double cutaways to offset bodies, V-shapes, and angular designs. Whether you want a warm, thick humbucker tone or bright single-coil snap, there is a kit here that matches your playing style.

Solid body kits are the most forgiving for first-time builders. The thick body blanks are sturdy during finishing, the weight gives you confidence while working, and the straightforward construction means fewer things that can go wrong during assembly.

Every kit ships with a pre-shaped body and neck, all hardware and electronics, and a step-by-step build guide. Pick your body style, choose your wood, select your finish, and build the guitar you have always wanted.

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L1 Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware

Original price $299.99 USD
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Current price $279.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

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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PR Guitar Kit w/ Double-Locking Tremolo, Quilted Maple Veneer

Original price $299.99 USD
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Current price $279.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

Solid Mahogany body right-handed PR Guitar Kit with Double Locking Tremolo, Quilted Maple Veneer. Specifications Hand Orientation: Right-Hand N...

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

Original price $299.99 USD - Original price $299.99 USD
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Skill 7/10 Intermediate

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 Mahogany body Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer

Original price $289.99 USD
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Current price $269.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

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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L1 Guitar Kit with Flame Maple Veneer, Rosewood Fretboard, Ivory Pickguard

Original price $299.99 USD - Original price $299.99 USD
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Skill 7/10 Intermediate

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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L1 Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer, Gold Hardware

Original price $269.99 USD
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Current price $259.99 USD
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Skill 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...

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WB Bass Guitar Kit with Flamed Maple Top, Maple Fretboard

Original price $299.99 USD
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Current price $279.99 USD
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Skill 7/10 Intermediate

Build your own DIY bass guitar with a beautiful flamed maple veneer, and a maple fretboard and neck with a skunk stripe. Specifications Hand Orien...

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Heavy Metal Electric Guitar Kit, Ash Body, Flame Maple Veneer, Ebony Fretboard, Left-Handed

Original price $329.99 USD - Original price $329.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

Build your own Lefty DB-style Ash body Guitar with Ebony Fretboard using our DIY Guitar kits. Specifications Hand Orientation: Lefty He...

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Left-Handed Mahogany body EXP-style Guitar Kit

Original price $319.99 USD - Original price $319.99 USD
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Skill 7/10 Intermediate

Build your own left-handed DIY guitar with a mahogany body and neck, ebony fretboard, and pearl white Trapezoid fretboard inlays kit. Specificati...

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7-string Mahogany JBM-style Guitar with Mahogany Neck and Rosewood Fretboard

Original price $289.99 USD - Original price $289.99 USD
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Skill 7/10 Intermediate

Build your own 7-string Mahogany JBM-style Guitar with Mahogany Neck and Rosewood Fretboard using our DIY Guitar Kit. Description Hand O...

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Headless Electric Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body, Rosewood Fretboard, Abalone Inlays

Original price $279.99 USD
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Current price $195.99 USD
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Skill 9/10 Advanced

Build your own DIY headless guitar with mahogany body & maple neck tonewood and rosewood fretboard with beautiful abalone dot inlays. Specific...

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Blank Electric Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body, Rosewood Fretboard, Two Single-Coils

Original price $229.99 USD - Original price $229.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

Build a classic tone machine from the ground up with this blank TE-style guitar kit. Designed for makers who want full shaping, finishing, and tona...

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Custom Shop Double-Cutaway Contoured Electric Guitar Kit

Original price $399.99 USD - Original price $399.99 USD
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Skill ?/10 Varies

A solid body ST style DIY guitar kit can be modified to your playing style and preferences. Specifications Body type*: Solid Neck Shape*: ...

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Custom Shop Classic Single-Cutaway Electric Guitar Kit

Original price $399.99 USD - Original price $399.99 USD
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Skill ?/10 Varies

Building a TE style guitar is easy with our DIY TE guitar kits. We have the wood and hardware for you to build your own TE style DIY guitar. The TE...

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Blank Bass Guitar Kit with Maple Neck and Fretboard

Original price $269.99 USD
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Current price $199.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

DIY blank-body bass guitar kit built for full creative control. The unshaped body and headstock let you carve your own contours, define your prefer...

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Blank Junior DIY Guitar Kit with Rosewood Fretboard

Original price $229.99 USD - Original price $229.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

Build your own Junior LP-style guitar from the first cut to the final polish. This blank-body DIY kit is made for builders who want full creative c...

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Blank Junior Guitar Kit with Mahogany Body and Rosewood Fretboard

Original price $249.99 USD - Original price $249.99 USD
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Skill 8/10 Advanced

Build a guitar with soul and character using our Junior LP-style Blank Guitar Kit. Designed for DIY builders who want creative freedom, this slab-b...

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L1 Guitar Kit with Spalted Maple Veneer, Chrome Hardware

Original price $289.99 USD
Original price $289.99 USD - Original price $289.99 USD
Original price $289.99 USD
Current price $279.99 USD
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Current price $279.99 USD
Skill 8/10 Advanced

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

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F3 Guitar Kit

Original price $399.99 USD - Original price $399.99 USD
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Skill ?/10 Varies

Build your own F3 DIY guitar with this Custom Shop kit. Description Body type: Solid Neck Shape: C-shaped Frets: 22 Scale: 628mm ...

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Mahogany Set-Neck Guitar Kit with Quilted Maple Veneer, Rosewood Fretboard

Original price $299.99 USD
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Current price $199.99 USD
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Skill 7/10 Intermediate

Build your own set-in neck Mahogany NI-style Guitar with Quilted Maple Veneer and Rosewood Fretboard. Specifications Hand Orientation: Righty Hea...

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WB Bass Guitar Kit

Original price $449.99 USD - Original price $449.99 USD
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Skill ?/10 Varies

Build your own custom W Bass guitar customizing body material, neck, hand-orientation, and more for your taste and playing style. Description Body...

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KR-style Guitar Kit

Original price $399.99 USD - Original price $399.99 USD
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Skill ?/10 Varies

Specifications Body Type*: Solid Neck Shape*: C-shaped Number of Frets: 22 Length Scale*: 628 mm / 24.75″ Cutaways: Double Binding:...

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Headless Electric Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body, Set Neck, Rosewood Fretboard, Dual Humbuckers

Original price $269.99 USD
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Current price $199.99 USD
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Skill 9/10 Advanced

This Mahogany Headless Guitar Kit lets you build your own customized headless guitar with a maple neck, rosewood fretboard, and set-in neck joint...

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JM Bass Guitar Kit

Original price $449.99 USD - Original price $449.99 USD
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Skill ?/10 Varies

Our JM Bass guitar kit is a solid body bass DIY kit that you can modify to your playing style and preferred musical genres such as funk, disco, reg...

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Body Style

Single cutaway for warm sustain, double cutaway for upper fret access, offset for balanced seated play.

Pickup Type

Humbuckers for thick driven tones, single coils for bright clean articulation, or a combination for maximum versatility.

Neck Joint

Bolt-on necks are easier to work with and adjust; set-neck and neck-through designs offer more sustain.

Tonewood

Mahogany delivers warmth, basswood offers balanced response, and ash provides bright attack with defined low end.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which solid body guitar kit is best for beginners?

Double cutaway bolt-on kits (S-style and T-style) are the easiest to build. The bolt-on neck joint is forgiving to assemble, and the body shapes are straightforward to finish. Start there if this is your first build.

What is the difference between solid body and semi-hollow?

A solid body guitar has no internal chambers, giving you a focused, direct tone with strong sustain and no feedback at high volumes. Semi-hollow guitars have routed chambers that add warmth and air to the tone but can feed back at high gain.

Do I need special tools to build a solid body guitar kit?

You need basic tools: screwdrivers, sandpaper, a soldering iron for the electronics, and finishing supplies. No woodworking power tools are required since the body and neck come pre-shaped.

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