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Originally Posted by unclebilly
Have any of you built your own electric guitars? Did you use a kit or just assemble parts?
I’m considering doing this, albeit not sure where I would come up with the time.
Kits can be pretty cheap or quite expensive depending on what woods you choose. If I did do this, I would go with descent pickups.
How did yours turn out?
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I've done this three times, one has turned out great, one so-so, and one not so great.
I bought a Gibson Les Paul husk off StratosphereParts, back when they were reasonable. I caught a sale just right and got a bound body for $800 or so. Added the hardware I wanted and a pair of WolfeTone pickups. That one turned out great.
I bought another Gibson Les Paul husk that someone had spray painted black. Stripped the body back to bare wood. Tried staining and painting it at least 3 times, finally "Just sent it", built it as a gold top but not a sparkly gold top, put the paint on too heavy and all the metal flake sunk into it. It just sits in the case now, I don't want to look at it.
Many, Many years ago I bought a Jackson crackle finish body off eBay, put a Japanese Charvel neck on it, added a Floyd Rose, and wired it up so I could split the humbucker. I don't really play that one any more either, but it looks neat.
There's pics of all of these somewhere in either this thread or the other guitar thread.
I still want to build a partscaster, but I have other things to work on first.