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DIY Electric Guitar Kit - Single Cut (Spalted, Black) — solderless build
DIY Electric Guitar Kit - Single Cut (Spalted, Black) features simple painting, assembling, and adjusting, ideal for beginners and hobbyists. Solderless electronics streamline building. Includes community resources with a customer build showcase, downloadable user guides, and email support.
Body wood: Mahogany with spalted maple veneer | Neck: Canadian maple, set-in joint | Fretboard: Ebony | Nut: Bone | Scale length: 628 mm (24.75") | Hand orientation: Right handed
- Beginner-friendly painting and assembly
- Solderless electronics for easy wiring
- Set-in neck design with ebony fretboard
- Solid mahogany body with spalted veneer
- Email support and user guides available
Build your own set in neck single cut DiY kit, featuring a solid mahogany body dressed in a spalted maple single cut kit veneer, black hardware, and solderless electronics for hassle-free assembly. This diy les paul style set neck kit is ideal for first-time builders in the UK looking for an authentic glued-in joint without the soldering iron. In stock and dispatched from our UK warehouse with fast UK delivery.
Guitar Build Levels and Challenges
Designed to be accessible for a beginner builder. Painting is manageable on the smooth mahogany surface, with some care needed around the binding. Assembly is straightforward with pre-positioned bridge posts, whilst the set-in neck is glued for a solid, resonant joint. Setting action and intonation is simple to fine-tune your sound. For more projects, browse our full range of electric guitar kits or the wider diy guitar kits collection.
Key Features
- Mahogany set-in neck with ebony fretboard
- Solid mahogany body with spalted maple veneer
- Solderless electronics and black hardware single cut kit appointments
Specifications
| General | |
| Scale Length | 628 mm (24.75") |
| Hand Orientation | Right Handed |
| Neck / Body Fit | Set-in Joint |
| String Number | 6 |
| Guitar Body | |
| Wood Type | Mahogany with Spalted Maple Veneer |
| # of Wood Block | Made of 2 to 3 blocks of wood |
| Neck Pocket Dimension (LxWxH) | Undefined |
| Body Height (H) | 46/58mm (1.81"/2.28") |
| Cavity/Routing | Pick-up, Bridge, Neck, Wiring routing, cover plates and switch |
| Pilot Predrill | No pre-drilled pilots holes except for the neck pocket |
| Paint | No lacquer, No sealer, No finish |
| Guitar Neck | |
| Scale Length | 628 mm (24.75") |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Tuner Pre-Drilled Holes | 10 mm |
| Wood Type | Canadian Maple |
| Fretboard | Ebony |
| Inlay | White perloid trapeze inlay |
| Nut | White Bone Nut (42mm) |
| Fret Number | 22 |
| Fret Size | Jumbo Fret |
| Fret Material | CuproNickel |
| Neck Radius | 305mm (12") |
| Neck Profile | Modern C |
| Truss Rod | Double action, on the head side |
| Paint | No lacquer, No sealer, No finish |
| Guitar Hardware | |
| Colour | Black Set |
| Bridge | Tune-o-matic, Black |
| Pick-up | 2 Humbucker pickups, Black (H-H Configuration) |
| Switch | 3-way toggle switch, Chrome with black tip |
| Machine Head | 3R3L, Black |
| Knobs | 2 volume & 2 tones |
| Strap Button | Black |
| Covers | Back Cover knobs and Front Cover and Back Cover for switch, Black |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
