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DIY Electric Guitar Kit - EXP — Mahogany body/neck, chrome hardware
Build and customize a playable electric guitar with a solid mahogany body and neck, rosewood fretboard, and solderless electronics. Geared toward intermediate builders and ideal for hard rock and heavy metal styles.
Body wood: Solid mahogany | Neck wood: Mahogany | Fretboard: Rosewood | Frets: 22 | Scale length: 628 mm (24.75") | Neck/body fit: Set-in joint
- Customizable body shape for a unique build
- Solderless wiring aids easier assembly
- Chrome hardware included
- Right-handed, 6-string configuration
- Tune-o-matic bridge for precise setup
- Removable bone nut for string spacing tweaks
This DIY explorer style guitar kit offers a customisable build experience for guitarists in the UK who want a bold, angular design with superior playability. The EXP guitar kit chrome edition pairs a solid mahogany explorer build kit with easy solderless wiring, dispatched from our UK warehouse.
Guitar Build Levels and Challenges
The explorer kit mahogany is suitable for intermediate builders. Painting the slightly porous mahogany body requires minimal grain filler compared to ash and careful attention to avoid drips along its contours; the mahogany neck also benefits from light filling.
Assembly is straightforward—the glued-in neck calls for an initial string-action check; the solderless wiring system and pre-drilled bridge holes reduce guesswork, and the softer wood makes pre-drilling and screwing easier.
The Tune-o-matic bridge allows precise intonation and action adjustments; the removable nut lets you personalise string spacing, and the absence of a neck angle simplifies setup. For more options, browse our full range of electric guitar kits or explore other diy guitar kits.
Key Features
- Solid mahogany guitar body with set-in joint construction.
- Mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, white trapeze Perloid inlay.
- Chrome hardware set with solderless wiring for easy assembly.
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 |
| # of Wood Block | Made of 2 to 3 blocks of wood |
| Neck Pocket Dimension (LxWxH) | 88x55x35mm |
| Body Height (H) | 45mm (1.77") |
| Cavity/Routing | Pick-up, Bridge, Neck, Wiring routing, cover plates and switch |
| Pilot Predrill | No pre-drilled pilot 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 | Mahogany |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Inlay | White Trapeze Perloid |
| Nut | Bone |
| 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 | Chrome Set |
| Bridge | Tune-o-matic, Chrome |
| Pick-up | 2 Humbucker pickups, Chrome (H-H Configuration) |
| Switch | 3-way toggle switch, chrome with black tip |
| Machine Head | Inline, Chrome |
| Knobs | 2 volume & 1 tone |
| Strap Button | Chrome |
| Covers | Back Cover knobs, Black |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
