The Kit

As I mentioned in the intro, I did a lot of research before getting my first kit. There are a lot of people out there selling kits. Many of these kits are very low quality and made for various woods such as basswood that are not really known to be a good "tone wood" I found and settled on a kit from The kit is a copy of the popular Gibson ES-335 guitar. I chose one that has a maple neck with ebony fretboard and the top, back and sides of the body are all quilted maple. This should turn out to be a very pretty instrument with all that texture!

I managed to catch a going out of business sale a couple of weeks ago at a music shop nearby where I scored a pair of used Gibson USA humbucker pickups! These will be the centerpiece of this fine instrument. The quality of pickups in an electric guitar make a huge difference in the overall sound quality. This is also where manufacturers cut a lot of their costs so even on name brand guitars, unless you buy the high end models, will have lesser quality pickups. I'm excited to have scored a set of the good stuff at a very reasonable price!

Dyes and stains as well as lacquer finish are on the way as well. Still researching and trying to decide on some of the other hardware! I have plenty of time to decide that as I still have to prep the body and glue in the neck before we're even close to needing hardware.