Larry This kit, branded as “Muslady,” came from Walmart. The unusual shape was a bit challenging and is also uncomfortable to play. The top is flamed maple and had a lot of glue residue that I had to try to work around. It is dyed with yellow Keda wood dye and then finished with Tru Oil … Read more
My third DIY guitar kit build is a Leo Jaymz Telecaster style kit purchased from Amazon. It has a mahogany body, bolt-on maple neck, and maple fretboard. The kit came with a blade headstock that I shaped like a Fender Telecaster. This one is finished in orange Keda wood dye that I blended myself, then … Read more
This is my second DIY electric guitar kit build, a PRS style from Budreau Guitars (same source as my first DIY build.) I purchased it in May, 2022, right after finishing my first build, and completed it in about three weeks. The body is mahogany, as is the neck, and it has a maple fingerboard … Read more
This was my first DIY guitar kit, purchased in April, 2022. I had been browsing Facebook Marketplace looking for nothing in particular when I came across a listing from Budreau Guitars for a DIY Jazz bass guitar kit. Way back in the 1970s as a teenager I had an Aria Jazz, my first good bass. … Read more