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DIY Guitar Kit - Jaguar Cobain (Ash, Chrome) — Jag-style, solderless build
Jag-style electric guitar kit designed for beginners with solderless electronics for easy assembly and setup. Premium ash body, Canadian maple neck, rosewood fretboard, and bone nut deliver a playable result at an affordable price. Explore our customer build showcase and user guides.
Body wood: Ash | Neck wood: Canadian maple | Fretboard: Rosewood | Nut material: Bone | Electronics: Solderless wiring | Hardware finish: Chrome
- Beginner-friendly kit for painting, assembly, and setup
- Jaguar-like shape tailored to rock music lovers
- Solderless electronics simplify wiring
- Build a unique, playable instrument
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Build your own offset masterpiece with the Jaguar DIY kit in ash, dispatched from our UK warehouse. This Cobain-inspired, grunge-ready project pairs a resonant ashwood body with chrome hardware for a striking, road-worn vibe. Explore more electric guitar kits or browse the full range of diy guitar kits to plan your next build, with fast UK delivery and free UK postage on orders over £210 (VAT included).
Build Considerations
A beginner-friendly DIY jaguar electric guitar build involving painting, assembly and setup. The ash body has high porosity and typically requires at least two coats of grain filler for a smooth finish; the maple neck requires none. The bolt-on neck with no inclination simplifies fitting. Tremolo bridge installation and adjustment are straightforward, and the solderless wiring system keeps electronics simple. The tremolo bridge allows fine-tuning of intonation and string height for each string.
Key Features
- Jag-style solid Ash body
- Canadian Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard, 22 frets
- Chrome hardware with Perloid red pickguard and solderless wiring
Specifications
| General | |
| Scale Length | 648mm (25.5") |
| Hand Orientation | Right Handed |
| Neck / Body Fit | Bolt-On Joint |
| String Number | 6 |
| Guitar Body | |
| Wood Type | Ash Wood |
| # of Wood Block | Made of 2 to 3 blocks of wood |
| Neck Pocket Dimension (LxWxH) | 73x55x18mm |
| Body Height (H) | 44mm (1.73") |
| 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 | 648mm (25.5") |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Tuner Pre-Drilled Holes | 10 mm |
| Wood Type | Canadian Maple |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Inlay | White dot |
| 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 | Chrome Set |
| Bridge | Jag tremolo, Chrome |
| Pick-up | 2 Humbucker pickups white and 1 Single Coil pickup white (H-S-H Configuration) |
| Switch | 5-way selectors, Chrome |
| Machine Head | Inline, Chrome |
| Knobs | 1 Volume, 1 Tone |
| Neck Joint Plate | Chrome |
| Strap Button | Chrome |
| Covers | Perloid red Pickguard |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
