Description
This DIY guitar kit has everything you need for building your own custom ST Style Mini Electric Guitar. You will need only some basic tools and finishing supplies. All challenging wood cutting, drilling and shaping is already done professionally, as well as fret leveling and dressing. A detailed manual is included with step by step instructions.
This Short Scale Mini Guitar features a smaller sized body than a traditional guitar, see additional photos for body specifications.
The total length of the assembled guitar is 34 1/2″
The scale length of the guitar is 22 1/2″
Recommended tools: Solo Guitar Assembly Kit Bolt-on Neck
Kit includes:
- Unfinished basswood body with a poly sealant
- Unfinished maple neck with maple fingerboard
- Press-fit peghead bushings
- String Retainers
- Tuning Machines
- Strings
- Strap Buttons
- Pickguard Assembly
- Tremolo bridge
- Jack plate
- Neck Plate
- Back Plate
- Spring Claw
- Springs
- Ground Wire
- Truss rod Allen key
- Bridge saddles Allen key
- All mounting screws are included
IMPORTANT (in addition to our standard return policy): due to their nature kits can be returned only in virtually untouched condition and in original package.
Paul Roberts (verified owner) –
I want to start by saying I bought this for my four almost five year old daughter that has been begging for a guitar for the last year. She really wanted a custom guitar after I refinished an old one of mine. When this kit arrived I inspected it and found a number of scratches and gouges in the wood. They weren’t huge and I was able to smooth out most of it, but for my little girl it really didn’t matter. There were also some relatively sharp tooling marks on the fret. It looked like someone had use a file to level them, but left these scratches in the metal. I went ahead and smoothed them out the best I could. After doing that you can still see the marks, but they are now smoothed out so the sharp edges are gone. Again my daughter didn’t care. She really loves this little thing. It’s still too big for her, but she’ll grow into it.
The neck fit was nice and tight, which isn’t necessarily the most important thing because it is a bolt on. The nut was ok, but I could have done more to improve it. I also didn’t upgrade any of the parts because it was for a little girl that doesn’t know how to play. It was fun to work together to design the finish together. It really made this a great bonding experience. We now “rock out,” as she puts, it together. With only two soldering points on the output jack it was very easy to put together.
One other issue I had: the screws for the tuners didn’t fit in the predrilled holes. Rather than using dowels and re-drilling the holes, I happen to have screws from another spare set of tuners I wasn’t using that fit the predrilled holes. One day I think I will upgrade some of the parts if my daughter sticks with it and keeps playing.
If you are looking for a great parent/child project this is a good one.
moonman (verified owner) –
I got this to build for the grandkids, so they could have one to play with. Mine came out of the box really smooth, had to do very little sanding to get the full body smooth. The neck was the same. I finished the neck with boiled linseed oil and did one coat of linseed oil on the body. It was way too light, so I got some darker oil-based stain and did a couple coats, and it really makes the body pop, brought out the wood grain looks beautiful.
Neck fit snug, is straight and everything else lined up and went together very well. I drilled and tapped the ground wire and added a lug. The wiring schematic did not show the jack wiring. I just pulled the jack out of my strat and copied that.
I was a bit concerned about the tuning, as I had read reviews on different small-scale guitars, and they stated they had to tune to A. I strung up this one and tuned to open E, NO PROBLEM. Sounds a bit tinny if you crank the tremble up but for the most part sounds good. I enjoy playing it and I think the grandkids will to. Definitely worth the money. This is my second SOLO kit and now the wife thinks she wants to learn bass, guess that will be my next kit.
Lyle Siemens (verified owner) –
Be prepared to use some elbow grease on all kits. I bought this one for my girlfriend who is just under 5′ tall. I’ve upgraded the tuners and nut so far. Plays and sounds really good. Nothing is finished and requires some knowledge to bring it to a really decent Strat. Plays and sounds better than any Squire and rivals MIM Fenders.
luc.masson07 (verified owner) –
Really fun little DIY project. I had to file the frets and sand some rough spots. I let the varnish cure for a week and I’m sure this guitar will be one of my favorites.
masterdebradwick (verified owner) –
Built this to do Little Guitars by the mighty Van Halen. Great little kit! Sounds great and actually plays really really well. My only complaint are the fret ends. They were a little ridiculous. After filing them down (quite a bit) the fret work is actually pretty great. I guess whoever put them on originally just didn’t cut them correctly. No big deal though, it was an easy fix. My next kit will be the double neck! Gotta learn and play Secrets. Anyways, if you are looking to make a smaller guitar for a child or have small hands, do not hesitate to pick this up. Great sounding guitar and fun to build!!!