This is a “Flame” style kit with double humbucker pickups and a Strat-style tremolo. This has a 25.5″ scale length with wedge-shaped inlays in what is listed as an ebony fretboard with 24 frets. The mahogany body is finished with Minwax red mahogany stain and Minwax Wipe-On Poly. The neck is maple, finished with Minwax … Read more
This is a Leo Jaymz tele kit. The body is poplar, with a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. It came with a blade headstock, and I shaped a pretty accurate Tele headstock on this one. The finish is Minwax Red Mahogany stain with Minwax Wipe-On Poly, and the neck and fingerboard is finished in Minwax … Read more
Here is a great little unbranded Stratocaster kit. It has a basswood body and a rippled flamed maple veneer top. The pickguard isn’t just plain white like most of them; this is white pearl with an HSS pickup configuration. Something a little different than the ordinary kit. The basswood body looks great, and I just … Read more
This is the first time I have not had to finish a guitar body. This Telecaster style kit came with a pre-finished white body. I sanded and applied Minwax Tung Oil Finish to the neck and headstock, then was able to assemble this kit. It kind of takes away from the unique experience of the … Read more
Add Post This Stratocaster style kit is a Ktaxon/Glarry product. It has a very nice mahogany body, and the mahogany stain brings out a beautiful grain. It is finished with Minwax Wipe-On Poly and the neck is a Minwax Tung Oil Finish. This guitar is completely stock and sounds and plays great.
This is a great Telecaster style kit . They did not list a brand, but the model is KTL, which is from Ktaxon, and I have learned that Ktaxon and Glarry are the same company. This even came in a Glarry box. It is mahogany body with a Minwax Tung Oil Finish, and a maple … Read more
This Jazz style bass didn’t have a brand name on it, but it was called a “KJazz” which is the name used by a company called Ktaxon. But, if you compare their products, Ktaxon and Glarry have the same stuff. And I found this exact bass kit on the Glarry website. So, go figure. It’s … Read more
This is my last kit from TuneCraft Guitars, the distributor liquidating the stock from The Fret Wire. The company is now out of product and has ceased operation. I think I will miss them and their kits. This is a short scale (30-inch) P-style bass with a Paulownia body. I love Paulownia, it is a … Read more
Here is my first DIY guitar kit purchase from Temu. They identified it as a Glarry GST kit, and they were selling it at a considerably lower price than the Glarry website. I think this might have been a “factory second” though I have no way of knowing that. I found some issues with the … Read more
This Stingray style kit is from TuneCraft Guitars, the company liquidating The Fret Wire stock. It’s a basswood body, and as I’ve said before, that isn’t my favorite. I painted this one, though, and it came out pretty good. I used a couple of cans of “hammered copper” that has the appearance of some texture … Read more