What Makes This Kit Different
It is built inside like an acoustic guitar. Under the top, thin wooden braces cross in an X, the same internal pattern used in steel-string acoustic guitars. The bracing comes factory-installed inside the closed, bound body, so there is nothing extra for you to fit.
Around that body: a set-in maple neck, a bound ebony (engineered) fretboard with pearl white inverted diamond inlays, one chrome-covered neck humbucker, a floating bridge and a chrome trapeze tailpiece. One pickup and two knobs keep the wiring simple, and single white binding runs around the top, back and fretboard.
Full Specifications
General
- Dexterity: Right-Handed
- Number of Strings: 6
- Size: Full Size
Build Difficulty: Intermediate (6/10)
- Floating bridge has no fixed posts, so you position it by measuring the scale length
- Set-in neck has to be aligned and glued before finishing, the step that most affects intonation
- One pickup and a pre-assembled pot and jack harness keep the soldering short
Body
- Material: Laminated Maple (top, back and sides)
- Type: Hollow Body
- Sound Holes: 2 f-holes
- Internal Support: X-shaped bracing
- Cutaway: Single Florentine style
- Binding: Single White (top and back)
- Top Veneer: None
- Upper Bout: 275 mm
- Waist: 235 mm
- Lower Bout: 384 mm
- Depth: 83 mm
Neck
- Material: Maple
- Joint: Set-in
- Profile: C-shaped
- Truss Rod: Two-Way, Adjustable (adjusted at the headstock)
- Scale Length: 628 mm / 24.75"
- Binding: Single White
Fretboard
- Material: Ebony (Engineered)
- Radius: 14" / 356mm
- Number of Frets: 22
- Inlay Shape: Inverted Diamond (concave sides; double at the 12th fret)
- Inlay Material: Pearl White (Engineered)
- Side Dots: Black
Headstock
- Shape: Classic Blues, 3+3
- Binding: None
- Tuner Holes: 10 mm
- Nut: White Plastic (pre-installed)
- Nut Width: 42 mm
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Humbucker (chrome cover)
- Bridge Pickup: None
- Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone
- Wiring: DIY (soldering required)
- Wiring Diagram: Single Humbucker, 1 Volume, 1 Tone
- Output Jack: Side jack
Hardware
- Bridge: Floating Archtop Bridge (wooden base, adjustable saddles)
- Tailpiece: Trapeze
- Tuners: Sealed
- Pickguard: Black
- Knobs: Black top hat (Volume and Tone caps)
- Cavity Covers: Black (truss rod cover)
- Strings: Steel
- Finish: Chrome
What's in the Box
- Unfinished hollow body with two f-holes, single white binding, a routed neck pickup cavity, two control holes, a side jack hole and a routed neck pocket
- Unfinished maple neck with a bound ebony (engineered) fretboard, inverted diamond inlays, a pre-installed nut and a drilled headstock
- 6x chrome sealed tuners with bushings and washers
- 1x chrome-covered humbucker with black mounting ring and screws
- 1x wiring harness with volume and tone pots, capacitor and output jack
- 1x floating bridge with wooden base and chrome adjustable saddles
- 1x chrome trapeze tailpiece with mounting screws
- 2x black top hat knobs with Volume and Tone caps
- 1x black pickguard with mounting hardware
- 1x small black bell-shaped truss rod cover with screws
- 2x chrome strap buttons with black felt washers and screws
- 1x set of strings
- Assorted chrome nuts, washers and mounting screws
- 2x Allen wrenches
- 1x guitar cable with one angled plug
What You'll Need
You will need to solder the pickup to the harness. Depending on the finish you choose, the tools below cover a standard build.
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For assembly: Phillips screwdriver, Allen wrench set, wood glue and clamps (for the set-in neck)
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For wiring: Soldering iron, solder, wire cutters
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For finishing: Sandpaper (220-600 grit), primer, paint or stain, clear coat
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For setup: String winder, guitar tuner, ruler or tape measure for bridge placement, Allen wrench for the truss rod
No woodworking or routing required - all cavities, holes, and channels are pre-cut.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is X-bracing?
Two wooden braces glued under the top that cross in an X shape. It is the standard internal structure of steel-string acoustic guitars. On this kit the bracing is already installed inside the body.
How is it different from your other hollow body kits?
Most hollow and semi-hollow kits use a bridge block, a full-length center block, or no internal support. This one has X-shaped bracing under the top. If you want two pickups instead of one, see the dual-humbucker hollow body kit; for a Venetian cutaway with one humbucker, see the mahogany hollow body kit.
How hard is it to build?
Intermediate, 6 out of 10 on our 10-factor build difficulty score. The two steps that take care are gluing the set-in neck and placing the floating bridge by measuring the scale length. The wiring is one pickup, one volume and one tone.
Does it need soldering or woodworking?
Soldering, yes: the pickup connects to the wiring harness. Follow the single humbucker, 1 volume, 1 tone wiring diagram. Woodworking, no: the pickup cavity, control holes, jack hole, neck pocket and tuner holes are all pre-cut.
Is it right-handed?
Yes. This kit is right-handed, 6-string, full size, with a 628 mm (24.75") scale and 22 frets.
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