Left-Handed Electric Guitar Kit — ST Modern, Solid Ash, Black Hardware
DIY left-handed ST Modern guitar kit with a solid ash body and a Canadian maple neck. Includes sleek black hardware and a solderless wiring system. Unfinished surfaces are ready for your custom finish, making assembly and personalization easy at home.
Hand orientation: Left-handed | Body wood: Solid ash | Neck wood: Canadian maple | Hardware finish: Black | Wiring: Solderless system
Build your own left handed ST kit in ash and black featuring a solid ash corps, a Canadian maple manche with a maple fretboard, and black hardware with solderless electronic parts. This lefty ST Modern DIY guitar kit is shaped for southpaw players who want a true left-handed Stratocaster style kit from the ground up, dispatched from our UK warehouse with fast UK delivery. Browse our full range of diy guitar kits or focus on the dedicated left handed guitar kit collection for more orientation options.
This left handed Stratocaster style kit is one of the easiest to build, suitable for beginner builders in the UK. Painting the ash corps is considered intermediate: it typically requires at least two coats of grain filler for a smooth finish, whilst the maple manche needs no filler. Assembly is straightforward thanks to the bolt-on manche with no inclination; installing the tremolo chevalet requires a few extra steps, and the solderless wiring system keeps electronics simple. Setup is accessible: the tremolo chevalet allows individual string action and intonation adjustments, and the flat manche setup simplifies the process. Advanced builders may fine-tune the integrated sillet, though it’s generally ready to play.
| General | |
| Scale Length | 648mm (25.5" ) |
| Hand Orientation | Left-Handed |
| Neck / Body Fit | Bolt-on Joint |
| String Number | 6 |
| Guitar Body | |
| Wood Type | Solid Ash |
| # of Wood Block | Made of 2 to 3 blocks of wood |
| Neck Pocket Dimension (LxWxH) | 75x55.5x18mm (2.95"x2.18"x0.71") |
| 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 | Maple |
| 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 | Black set |
| Bridge | Tremolo, Black with Black tip |
| Pick-up | 3 single coils pickups, Black (S-S-S Configuration) |
| Switch | 5-way selectors |
| Machine Head | Inline, Black |
| Knobs | 1 Volume, 2 Tones |
| Neck Joint Plate | Black |
| Strap Button | Black |
| Covers | Back Cover for tremolo bridge, Black |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
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