Solo EXK-1 DIY Electric Guitar Kit

(2 customer reviews)

$ 229.99 USD

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SKU: EXK-1 Category: Electric Guitar Kits Brand: Brand:
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Building a Solo DIY guitar kit can be a rewarding experience. You’ll not only create a custom guitar but also gain valuable skills throughout the process which can be applied to other guitars. Since all the challenging parts such as drilling, shaping, fret leveling and dressing are already taken care of, you’ll just need some basic tools and finishing supplies to complete it.

Manuals: Assembly / Wiring
Recommended Tools: Bolt-on Assembly Kit
Finishing Options: Nitro, Stain, Oil, Dyes, etc

Kit includes:

  • Unfinished Mahogany body with poly sealant
  • Unfinished Mahogany neck with 2-way truss rod
  • Rosewood fingerboard
  • Machine heads
  • Tune-o-matic bridge
  • Stop bar tailpiece
  • Tune-o-matic bridge
  • Stop bar tailpiece
  • Bridge & neck pickups
  • Pre-wired control plate assembly
  • Full size potentiometers
  • Jack, back, neck, truss rod & control plates
  • Pickguard
  • Strings
  • Strap buttons
  • Setup adjustment wrenches
  • Guitar cable
  • All mounting screws

: Solo EXK-1 DIY Electric Guitar Kit
: EXK-1

Disclaimer: Kits can only be returned in virtually untouched condition and in original packaging

Additional information

DIY Kit Information
Finish

Style

Body Information
Pickguard

Body Material

Neck Information
Fretboard

Construction

Frets

Scale Length

Hardware and Electronics
Hardware Color

Selector Type

Controls

Electronics

Pickups

Additional Information
Weight

11 lbs

2 reviews for Solo EXK-1 DIY Electric Guitar Kit

  1. Darren Coates (verified buyer)

    This kit deserves 5 stars. The fit and finish is perfect. I havent finished building it yet but the fretwork seems excellent, no sharp edges right out of the box, the neck and body fit together like a glove.

    There is one reason that the kit doesn’t get 5 stars, the kit was not accurate to the description.

    This is a set neck kit. To me, this really was preferred. It came with bolt on hardware but the neck joint was designed to be a glue in. The body shape also isn’t accurate to the image, but I think you will find that the kit you get is better than expected, just be prepared to glue in the neck and not bolt it on.

    • Kevin Strom

      Hi Darren, thanks for your review. For a very limited time, this kit did come with a set-neck and slightly modified body shape and that’s probably what you received. This kit is ONLY available in a bolt-on version and the pictures in this listing are accurate.

  2. scotteh (verified buyer)

    Fantastic! Everything fits together really nicely and the finished guitar is a joy to play. Fat sound and loads of sustain. It’s one of my favorite guitars now!

    The cons: 2 different types of screws for the pickup rings. Not really a big deal, no one would ever notice and very easy to fix later if you care. I just wish they would include a note letting us know it might happen. I was a bit confused about which screws were for what until I figured it out.

    The frets could be polished a bit more. Again, no big deal. I don’t mind doing that. I am building a guitar, after all!

    The holes for the wires could be a bit deeper. This is a standard complaint I have about electric guitars, not just this one. The wires come out of the holes into the pickup cavities and kind of get in the way of the pickups, which makes it hard to get them exactly right and hard to adjust later. I chiseled the holes out a bit so the wires come in right at the bottom of the cavities and it leaves more space to install and adjust the pickups. Problem solved!

    Bridge post bushings – Even with them down as far as they can go, I could not adjust the bridge down low enough to get the string height low enough. I had to countersink them just slightly to get them completely flush with the body or maybe a half a mm lower. I could have shimmed the neck a tiny bit but I don’t like to do that. Again, very simple to do so not a big deal.

    Another thing you have to keep in mind is that the electronics are pre-soldered. That seems like a time saver at first but when I looked up the wiring diagram for this guitar it turned out I had to actually unsolder some of the wires first because they were not wired correctly. I assume this is just a standard wiring harness they use for a lot of guitars so it saves them time and money. Again, this is fine but you just need to be aware that you might have to unsolder what they give you and put it back together properly.

    You also have to be ready to unsolder the pickup selector switch and run the wires through the holes in the body then solder the wires back on.

    I think that’s it. That might sound like a lot of negatives but they are all pretty minor and for me, solving simple problems are part of the fun of building the guitar. You have more of a feeling of accomplishment than you would if everything just snapped together and you learn more. There was nothing at all that will prevent me from buying another one (or more) of their kits!

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