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DIY Guitar Kit, Black MJ (Ash, Chrome) — solderless, beginner-friendly build
MJ-style DIY guitar kit for building your own instrument with painting, assembling, and adjusting steps. Beginner-friendly with solderless electronics and suited to aggressive rock styles.
Body wood: Solid ash | Neck wood: Canadian maple | Fretboard: Ebony | Hardware finish: Chrome
- Beginner-friendly assembly process
- Solderless electronics for easy setup
- Suited to aggressive rock styles
- Includes bone nut and chrome hardware
- Three-step build: paint, assemble, adjust
- Support via guides and community links
This MJ kit in ash with chrome hardware is a DIY MJ style guitar kit built around a solid ash body and ebony fretboard. The black MJ electric guitar kit offers accessible assembly and setup for beginner builders, and sits alongside our wider range of electric guitar kits.
Build Considerations
- Painting: Slightly porous ash body and intricate shape may require care to avoid orange peel; grain filler use is moderate; maple neck typically does not require filler.
- Assembly: Bolt-on neck without inclination and pre-positioned Floyd Rose–style tremolo bridge simplify integration.
- Setup: Tremolo bridge allows precise string height and intonation adjustments; solderless electronics streamline wiring.
Key Features
- Solid Ash Wood body, MJ style, with bolt-on joint
- Canadian Maple neck with Ebony fretboard, 24 frets, white perloid vine inlay
- Chrome hardware including Floyd Rose bridge and 5-way selector switch
New to building? Browse all our diy guitar kits to compare body shapes and hardware before you start.
Specifications
| Scale Length | 648mm (25.5") |
| Hand Orientation | Right Handed |
| Neck / Body Fit | Bolt-On Joint |
| String Number | 6 |
| Guitar Body | |
| Wood Type | Solid Ash Wood |
| # of Wood Block | Made of 2 to 3 blocks of wood |
| Neck Pocket Dimension (LxWxH) | 75x55.5x20mm (2.95"x2.18"x0.79") |
| Body Height (H) | 45mm (1.77") |
| 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 | |
| Tuner Pre-Drilled Holes | 10 mm |
| Wood Type | Canadian Maple |
| Fretboard | Ebony |
| Inlay | White perloid vine inlay |
| Nut | Metal Chrome Nut (42mm) |
| 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 |
| Neck Paint | No lacquer, No sealer, No finish |
| Guitar Hardware | |
| Color | Chrome set with black Pickguard |
| Bridge | Floyd Rose - Double locking tremolo, Chrome |
| Pick-up | 2 Double Coil & 1 Single Coil pick-up, Black and Chrome (H-S-H Configuration) |
| Switch | 5-way selector, Chrome |
| Machine Head | Inline, Chrome |
| Knobs | 1 Volume & 1 Tone |
| Neck Joint Plate | Screw with cylinder nut, Chrome |
| Strap Button | Chrome |
| Covers | Back Cover Floyd Rose Bridge, Black |
| Wiring | Solderless Wiring |
