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DIY Electric Guitar Kit – ST Vintage (Alder, Gold)
Easily Build Your Own Unique Guitar: Discover the DIY Electric Guitar Kit – ST Vintage (Alder, Gold). The clear painting, assembling, and setup steps make this kit enjoyable and accessible, with solderless electronics simplifying the build process. Ideal for beginners, yet rewarding for anyone ready to invest time, this guitar kit suits a wide range of music styles while focusing on simplicity and reliable results.
Premium Quality & Materials: Built with an alder wood body, a Canadian maple neck, and an ebony fretboard, this kit also features a bone nut for improved tone and tuning stability—delivering an affordable yet high-quality electric guitar build.
Support & Community: Backed by our experience supporting thousands of builders worldwide, you can explore our customer build showcase and downloadable user guides. With expert email support and an active DIY community, you’re supported at every stage—whether building for yourself or creating a meaningful gift.
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Elevate your guitar-building experience with our kit that features a high-quality Canadian maple neck, bone nut, and solderless wiring. This kit helps you construct a professional instrument effortlessly.
Guitar Build Levels and Challenges
The Strat Guitar Kit is one of the easiest to build, making it perfect for beginner builders. Painting the guitar is considered intermediate: the ash body requires at least two coats of grain filler for a smooth finish, though its curvy shape is not very challenging to work with, and the maple neck needs no filler. Assembling the parts is easy thanks to the bolt-on neck with no inclination, and while installing the tremolo bridge requires learning a few extra steps, the solderless wiring system keeps things straightforward. Adjusting sound and playability is also easy: the tremolo bridge allows individual string action and intonation adjustments, and the flat neck setup simplifies the process. Only advanced builders might consider adjusting the integrated nut, but for most, it’s ready to play!
Key Features
- A crafted body from solid alder wood, ideal for warm, balanced tones.
- A Canadian maple neck and ebony fretboard with 22 frets and white dot inlays.
- A gold-plated hardware with a matching tremolo bridge and three single-coil pickups.
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Explore this guitar’s design history and famous players in our Model Review.
Specifications
| General | |
| Scale Length | 648mm (25.5") |
| Hand Orientation | Right Handed |
| Neck / Body Fit | Bolt-On Joint |
| String Number | 6 |
| Guitar Body | |
| Wood Type | Alder |
| # 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 | Only for the neck pocket; no other pre-drilled pilot holes |
| 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 | Canadian 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 | |
| Color | Gold Set with White Pickguard |
| Bridge | Tremolo Gold with white tip |
| Pick-up | 3 single-coil pickups, Chrome and Gold (S-S-S Configuration) |
| Switch | 5-way selectors with white tip, Gold |
| Machine Head | Inline, Gold |
| Knobs | 1 volume & 2 tones |
| Neck Joint Plate | Gold |
| Strap Button | Gold |
| Covers | Back Cover for tremolo bridge, White |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
*This product is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Gibson Brands, Inc., PRS Guitars, Rickenbacker International Corporation, Ibanez Guitars (Hoshino Gakki), Music Man (Ernie Ball, Inc.), Epiphone, Squier, LAG Guitars, Gretsch, Schecter Guitar Research, Jackson Guitars, ESP Guitars, or any other registered trademarks of these or other companies.
