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We have emailed you the link to this page too, so you can come back to it any time. Below you will find all of our tutorials and everything you need to build your DIY guitar: nine full build series, the written manuals, every wiring diagram and the finishing guide.
Any question at all about DIY guitar building, email support@guitarkitworld.com and we will answer.
The nine builds.
Nine build series, filmed step by step. The four stages are the same in all of them, so the neck fitting, fret leveling, pickup wiring, staining and finishing carry straight across.
Punk & Garage Rock
Solid body, bolt-on neck, single pickup
- 36 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Blues & Funk
Solid body, bolt-on neck, three single-coil pickups
- 38 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Country & Rock
Solid body, bolt-on neck, two pickups
- 29 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Classic Rock
Solid body, glued-in neck, two humbuckers
- 33 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Indie & Jangle
Semi-hollow body, bolt-on neck
- 28 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Jazz & Soul
Semi-hollow body, glued-in neck
- 22 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Singer-Songwriter
Acoustic body, built-in pickup and preamp
- 56 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Prog & Modern Metal
Headless solid body, tuners at the bridge
- 23 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Metal & Hard Rock
Pointed solid body, glued-in neck, two humbuckers
- 31 videos, full series
- Parts list
- Wiring diagram
- Community support
Written manuals, step by step.
Some steps are easier to follow on a page you can keep open next to the bench. Every kit family has its own written manual, 19 of them, each covering the same build from the first part out of the box through to the setup.
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Photo: Doug DeLuca
The finishing guide.
Finishing is the stage that decides how the guitar looks, and it is the one most first builds rush. The guide walks through the finish types and what each one asks of you, the materials to buy before you start, and the order of the coats from bare wood to buffed.
Single skills, on their own.
If you only want one thing, such as how to wire a pickup or how to stain a veneer, these are the standalone tutorials. 87 of them.
Photo: Doug DeLuca
Every wiring diagram, in one place.
Whichever pickups and controls your kit came with, the diagram is in the library: by kit and by pickup type. If yours is not there, email us and we will send it. Or post it in the community and we will find it for you.
Email support@guitarkitworld.com if you cannot find yours.
Credit: Kalimar Maia, Fairfax, Virginia
Ask us anything.
Stuck on a step, or trying to work out which kit fits what you just watched? Ask in the builder community. We answer, and so do people who have already finished the exact guitar you are looking at.