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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. 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.
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 | |
| Color | 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 |
