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DIY Acoustic Guitar Kit - Folk — Spruce top, sapele back and sides
Build your own acoustic folk guitar featuring a spruce top, sapele back and sides, an okoume neck with a rosewood fretboard and bone nut. The kit includes all components needed for assembly and is designed for right-handed builders.
Scale length: 648mm (25.51") | Hand orientation: Right handed | Neck/body fit: Set-in joint | Strings: 6 | Top wood: Spruce | Back and sides: Sapele
- Acoustic folk body with spruce and sapele woods
- Okoume neck with rosewood fretboard and bone nut
- Rosewood bridge with ceramic saddle
- Chrome 3R3L machine heads
- Solderless wiring included
- Non-adjustable bridge; precise setup required
This sapele acoustic guitar kit lets you build a folk-style acoustic guitar with a spruce top and warm sapele back and sides. Supplied as a complete acoustic guitar DIY kit, it includes all components for assembly and is designed for right-handed builders. Wondering what is sapele wood in guitars? It is a tonewood prized for its mahogany-like warmth, rich midrange and attractive grain, making this folk acoustic guitar kit a characterful project. In stock in the UK with fast UK delivery from our UK warehouse.
Guitar Build Levels and Notes
- Intermediate finishing skills recommended due to porous body woods that may require grain filler and masking of binding.
- Neck may require a sealer depending on wood used.
- Set-in neck with fixed angle: precise alignment is required before gluing.
- Non-adjustable acoustic bridge: accurate neck angle and string action setup are required.
- Solderless wiring included.
Key Features
- Body: Acoustic folk with spruce top and sapele back and sides.
- Neck: Okoume with rosewood fretboard and bone nut.
- Hardware: Rosewood bridge with ceramic saddle; chrome 3R3L machine heads.
Prefer a different tonewood pairing? Compare this folk build with our classic acoustic guitar kit, or browse the full range of diy musical instrument kits to find your next project.
Specifications
| General | |
| Scale Length | 648mm (25.51") |
| Hand Orientation | Right Handed |
| Neck / Body Fit | Set-in Joint |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Guitar Body | |
| Wood Type | Spruce & Sapele Wood |
| # of Wood Block | Made of 2 to 3 blocks of wood |
| Body Height (H) | 127mm (5.0") |
| Cavity/Routing | NA |
| Paint | No lacquer, No sealer, No finish |
| Guitar Neck | |
| Tuner Pre-Drilled Holes | 10 mm |
| Wood Type | Okoume Wood |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Inlay | White dot Inlay |
| Nut | Bone Nut |
| Fret Number | 20 |
| Fret Size | Jumbo Fret |
| Fret Material | CuproNickel |
| Neck Radius | 305mm (12") |
| Neck Profile | Modern C |
| Truss Rod | Double action, on the body side |
| Paint | No lacquer, No sealer, No finish |
| Guitar Hardware | |
| Colour | Chrome Set |
| Bridge | Rosewood with ceramic saddle angle and compensation |
| Pick-up | Undefined |
| Switch | Undefined |
| Machine Head | 3R3L, Chrome |
| Knobs | Undefined |
| Strap Button | Undefined |
| Covers | Undefined |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
