• Complete 12-strings RK guitar kit laid flat showing semi-hollow mahogany body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, pickups, tuning machines, and all hardware components in chrome finishing, solderless electronic parts.
  • Complete assembled 12-strings guitar angled overhead view with full maple neck and all hardware mounted
  • Mahogany guitar body and maple neck laid out separately highlighting semi-hollow design cutaways
  • Kit hardware and electronics displayed separately including tuning pegs, pickguard, pickups, bridge, and wiring harness
  • Maple neck with black fretboard and inlaid dots viewed from headstock angle showing peg holes
  • Assembled 12-strings semi-hollow mahogany guitar front view with white pickguard and four control knobs installed
  • Semi-hollow mahogany guitar body three-quarter view showing side contours and installed electronics with dual pickups
  • Kit hardware components arranged overhead including tuning machines, bridge assembly, pickguard, pickups, and fasteners
  • Unfinished semi-hollow mahogany body and bare maple neck displayed separately showing hollow chamber interior
  • Natural wood semi-hollow body and unfinished maple neck with headstock peg holes shown side-by-side
  • Three-quarter view of mahogany body with maple neck attached showing set-in neck joint from back angle
  • Fully assembled 12-strings semi-hollow mahogany guitar with all electronics installed played position view
  • Complete 12-strings kit laid flat showing mahogany body, maple neck, pickups, tuning machines, and all hardware components
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RK 12-String DIY Kit Mahogany

RK 12-String DIY Kit Mahogany

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Build your own 12-string semi-hollow guitar with a mahogany body, Canadian maple neck, and rosewood fretboard. Ideal for dedicated beginners to intermediate builders with an easy solderless wiring system, perfect for rock and blues tones.
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12-Strings Guitar Kit — RK semi-hollow mahogany build

DIY 12-string semi-hollow guitar kit with mahogany body, Canadian maple neck, and rosewood fretboard. Suited to dedicated beginners and intermediate builders with an easy solderless wiring system. A fit for rock and blues tones.

Body: Semi-hollow mahogany  |  Neck: Canadian maple  |  Fretboard: Rosewood  |  Nut: Bone  |  Scale length: 628 mm (24.75")  |  Strings: 12

  • Solderless wiring for easier assembly
  • Set-in neck construction
  • Right-handed orientation
  • Tune-o-matic trapeze bridge for intonation/action
  • Chrome hardware included
  • Bridge posts pre-drilled

This RK 12 string DIY kit in mahogany features a semi-hollow body with a Canadian maple neck, delivering the chiming, jangly voice of a Rickenbacker style 12 string kit in an engaging, comprehensive build. It's one of the more rewarding projects in our range of DIY guitar kits, in stock in the UK with fast UK delivery.

Build Considerations

  • Suited for intermediate builders.
  • Mahogany body is slightly porous and may need limited grain filling for a smooth finish; body shape can make painting tricky—watch for droplets.
  • Set-in neck without inclination: perform careful dry-fit and initial string action checks before gluing.
  • Solderless wiring simplifies assembly; bridge posts are pre-drilled. Measuring scale length is still recommended.
  • Mahogany is soft, making pre-drilling and neck pocket screwing straightforward.
  • Tune-o-matic trapeze bridge allows overall intonation and action adjustments; nut can be removed for customisation.

Key Features

  • This 12 string semi hollow DIY kit pairs a mahogany body with a maple top and white binding.
  • Canadian maple neck, rosewood fretboard, and bone nut.
  • Chrome hardware and solderless wiring.

Prefer a six-string project? Browse our wider selection of electric guitar kits for more shapes and tonewoods, all dispatched from our UK warehouse.

Specifications

General
Scale Length 628 mm (24.75")
Hand Orientation Right Handed
Neck / Body Fit Set-in Joint
String Number 12
Guitar Body
Wood Type Mahogany with Maple Top
# of Wood Block Made of 2 to 3 blocks of wood
Neck Pocket Dimension (LxWxH) 54x56x30mm (2.13"x2.20"x1.18")
Body Height (H) 48mm (1.88")
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 12
Tuner Pre-Drilled Holes 10 mm
Wood Type Canadian Maple
Fretboard Rosewood
Inlay White dot inlay
Nut Bone Nut
Fret Number 24
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 12 String Trapeze tailpiece, Chrome
Pick-up 2 Humbucker pickups, Chrome (H-H Configuration)
Switch 3-way toggle switch, Chrome with black tip
Machine Head 6R6L, Chrome
Knobs 2 volume & 2 tones
Strap Button Chrome
Covers Front Cover knobs and switch, White
Wiring Solderless Wiring

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