Description
This unfinished guitar kit has everything for building a Dreadnought Acoustic guitar.
All challenging wood cutting, drilling and shaping is already done professionally, as well as fret leveling and dressing.
Some woodworking skills and tools required for completing this project. You will need some tools and finishing supplies.
Disclaimer:
The successful construction and assembly of acoustic instruments rely on a complex set of mathematical and physical equations, as well as the inherent variables associated with wood products. Adherence to these equations is critical to the instrument being playable within the parameters of tuning and intonation. We have taken every precaution in order to make our acoustic kits as easy to assemble as possible.
Therefore we will not take responsibility if the variables associated with acoustic instruments, or the lack of skill and/or accuracy on the part of the assembler contribute to the instrument not meeting the customers expectations.
What is included with you Acoustic Kit:
- Fully assembled body
- Spruce top
- Agathis back and sides
- Dreadnought body
- Chrome hardware
- Overall Length 41″
- Scale length 25.5″
- Black Walnut fingerboard
- Fretted (20 frets)
- 2-way truss rod
- Machine heads with bushings and mounting screws
- Pre-shaped bridge
- Bridge pins
- 1 set of strings
- Rosette decal
Roberta Cameron –
This was a gift for me. It sure had me on edge but the staff at solo are so helpful. I took my time and am so happy with how it turned out.
golfprorivesud (verified owner) –
Really nice finish and tight fit, after sanding and adjusting the fit was perfect. The sound is very good and has nice bass and sustain. I am very glad the way it turned out for my first build.
drtank (verified owner) –
The ADK-10 was the third Solo Guitars acoustic kit that I would custom-assemble, having previously built instruments from the ADP-10 and the ACP-10 kits. I decided to walk on the wild side with this kit by (1) finishing the soundboard with a glossy red dye and (2) adding a DeArmond passive pickup to render the final opus an acoustic-electric dreadnought. I first sealed the Agathis-wood back and sides with a mahogany grain-filler mixture and then finished them with Tru-Oil. Then I applied cherry-red liquid stain and a clear water-based poly finish to the birch soundboard. Since both the Tru-Oil and the stain are translucent, the grain of the woods shows prominently through the finishes. As always seems to be true with these acoustic kits, the greatest build challenge was to get the neck to sit properly in its pocket. With all of these kits, the neck starts out being too high and cannot be forced into place with considerable pressure. Either the milling was not quite complete or the wood had swelled slightly since the time of manufacture. Having learned the hard way with previous acoustic builds, I was able to successfully tweak the fit of the dovetail via careful sanding so that the neck mated more precisely with its socket. Past experience had taught me that skipping this intricate adjustment results in unacceptably high string action that one must ultimately correct. By comparison, successfully gluing on the bridge was relatively straightforward, thanks to the masking-tape template that Solo techs provide. In fact, the intonation of the finished lute is as close to perfect as acoustics can generally achieve. I did use a custom rosette and bridge as well as custom bridge pins and upgraded strings. The addition of a passive pickup necessitated drilling a half-inch hole through the end of the guitar body so that a combination amp-cable socket and strap pin could be installed through the interior of the guitar body. Although the pickup’s amplification of the guitar works perfectly, no sound boost is needed for the ADK-10 piece. Even with the audio disconnected, this guitar has an ample and exceptionally rich voice. If fact, it produces tones that are bolder than most of my other acoustic lutes, including those priced close to or slightly above $1,000. I am very pleased with the guitar that was built from the ADK-10 package