DIY Guitars

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