5 reviews for Solo DTCK-1 DIY Electric Double Neck Guitar Kit

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   David F Calello – February 5, 2017

   Took some time on this one, but with these folks to help you can’t miss. I had a mix-up with the tuners, and was taken care of by Matt the tech who really talks to you without going through 20 minutes of canned teleprompters! Had wiring troubles…Matt got me thru that too. Had tuning problems, again, Matt was spot on. These folks care about their customers and this guitar sounds OK but needs a few adjustments everyday. It now sounds and tunes up great. Not a project for someone with little skills at setting these up, like me! Their stuff is awesome and very quick to assemble with predrilling and wiring diagrams, but if your stuck, help is a call away. Great for a beginner or a pro. The double neck is twice as hard and needs some skill set to set up right.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   David Rees (verified buyer) – January 23, 2022

   I won’t be able to build this kit until it’s warm enough to sand and paint outside, so June+. I am going to do a preliminary review so I don’t forget details later. My first impression is that, of the 3 Solo kits I’ve built (2 Teles, 1 P-Bass, all really good), this is the best for fit and finish -the wood has no knots (my first one had a patched knot), all grain is very straight and centered on the neck, and the necks are dead straight. The neck pockets are both just snug enough that the guitar can be lifted w/o using screws -perfect! Next I did a dry fit, attaching the necks, both bridges, the high and low E tuners on both necks and their corresponding strings. The outboard strings fell equidistant from the fretboard edges, and the action was bang on (low and in the middle of the bridges’ adjustment range), so no neck shimming indicated. I checked that all wiring fits through the holes joining body cavities, and the pickups and switches fit and have enough depth. I’ll be modifying this heavily (each kit I do gets modded more and more), so will try to follow up when it’s done. For anyone scared by the 5 difficulty rating, don’t be -in my opinion you’re just building a Tele kit twice!

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   43jjohnson95 (verified buyer) – November 24, 2023

   It’s a decent kit, but a lot of small things made this kind of annoying to put together. I finished it using Oxford’s nitro spray cans, which went fine, but in putting the parts together I discovered a few things: firstly, the neck pickups did not fit inside the pickguard. I contacted customer service about this, and they were kind enough to send me another one, however, this one had the same problem. I ended up using a file to get the pickups to fit. Many of the holes for the pickguard did not line up with the holes in the body, and the cutaway for the control plate was also slightly misshapen. One of the bridge pickups also came dead. The wiring is also a little unusual, so I got it rewired to my preferences. The stock wiring, for reference, is a master volume for each neck, with the two toggles selecting pickups for each neck (the switch on the control plate controls the 6-string side). Overall it’s not a bad kit, it just takes some tinkering to get everything situated. I absolutely love it, but I probably should’ve gotten more practice with a more simple kit, but I’m really happy with the end result.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   patrickdesmond (verified buyer) – June 13, 2025

   The kit is good, especially for the price. I’m really just using the body, 12 string bridge, and upgrading almost everything else about it. The body is 4 piece basswood and the actual shape and switch location for the toggle wasn’t what I wanted so I’ve spent allot of time sanding, drilling a switch cavity up at the top, “Les Paul” style, and some routing for the switch plate and body edge contours as they were very uneven and flattened in 2 places as well as drilling and setting up a new Wilkinson bridge for “string through” on the 6 string neck as is my preference. The poly based sanding sealer, from where ever this was made, was applied in the extreme and will be reapplied and was all sanded off for reshaping anyway and removed from the pickup and control cavities. I also put in body thickness on about a 1/4 inch diet to take some weight off of it being that there is the extra heft of a double neck. The neck sockets were uneven and tilted and also needed leveling and evening on both necks.

   I got this to have a double neck and as a project to take some time on and it’s taking some time as expected. As outlined there is allot of extra work involved but some of it is from just wanting to make my own mods and upgrades. I’m finishing it all with Oxford Nitrocellulose.

   Solo got this kit shipped out to me overnight as well as just about all my upgrades in the same professional and expedient fashion and I’m always impressed by the folks here.

5. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   ernie.corrao (verified buyer) – March 5, 2026

   The kit came quickly and as described with the exception of a couple missing tuners which were promptly sent to me. Customer support is awesome from these guys.

   The double neck fits with the body were both perfect. I did some slight shimming (I like very low action) because the bridges ran low on travel. The fret work as received was great only needing some light fret dressing on a couple ends with no leveling required.

   I used a Switchcraft switch for the neck selector (P/N 12015X) and wired it to be able to independently use all the standard controls for both necks.

   The finish is an Avery Dennison wrap on the body, and the necks were finished with boiled linseed oil. The 12 string sounds awesome and the 6 string has that tele twang! I’m very satisfied with this kit and would recommend it.