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DIY Electric Guitar Kit - Single Cut — Mahogany body, solderless electronics
A DIY electric guitar kit for building a playable, unique instrument with a mahogany body and beginner‑friendly, solderless electronics. Simple painting, assembling, and adjusting make it suitable for any skill level willing to invest time and creativity.
Body wood: Mahogany | Electronics: Solderless | Fretboard: Ebony | Nut: Bone | Neck wood: Canadian maple
- Beginner-friendly build process
- Straightforward painting, assembly, and setup
- Suitable for various music styles
- Premium woods: mahogany, Canadian maple, ebony
- Bone nut included
- Email support and community resources available
This single cut kit spalted maple black build pairs a solid mahogany body with a striking spalted maple top guitar kit veneer, offering an easy and enjoyable DIY experience for crafting a classic-style electric guitar. In stock in the UK 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, though handling the binding requires patience and precision. Assembly is straightforward with a bolt-on neck and pre-positioned bridge posts. Action and intonation setup is simple, allowing fine-tuning without complications. If you are weighing up other models, browse our wider range of electric guitar kits to compare shapes and woods.
Key Features
- Solid mahogany body: Warm, resonant tone with a spalted maple veneer.
- Ebony fretboard: 22 frets with white perloid trapeze inlays.
- Complete black hardware single cut kit set: Tune-o-matic bridge, humbucking pickups, and a 3-way toggle switch.
This DIY spalted Les Paul kit gives you everything needed for a satisfying build from raw timber to finished instrument, dispatched from our UK warehouse. For more shapes and scales, explore our full range of diy guitar kits in the UK.
Specifications
| General | |
| Scale Length | 628 mm (24.75") |
| Hand Orientation | Right Handed |
| Neck / Body Fit | Bolt-On 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) | 81x55.5x32mm (3.19"x2.19"x1.36") |
| 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 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 | Canadian Maple with Ebony fretboard |
| Fretboard | Ebony |
| Inlay | White perloid trapeze |
| Nut | White Bone Nut |
| 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 |
| Neck Joint Plate | Screw with cylinder nut, Black |
| Strap Button | Black |
| Covers | Back Cover knobs and Front Cover and Back Cover for switch, Black |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
