Cons
- Wood quality is highly praised
Pros
- Wood quality is highly praised
- Precise pre-drilled holes makes assembly easy
- Good fret work and neck profile
Here’s another Strat style kit, this time from StewMac, one of the most prominent brands when it comes to guitar parts and DIY kits.
Like other Strat style kits, this one is aimed at beginners who want to start with something easy to build.
What makes this one different is the use of mahogany for the body, which is a departure from the usual alder or basswood body used on Strats. The body comes pre-drilled for parts to fit in, including the neck joint for the guitar’s maple neck to easily be bolted into.
The headstock is not prerouted to shape, which gives you more leeway to customize it to your preference.
Other hardware includes tuners, bridge and tremolo bar, pre-wired pickguard, guitar cable, and it even comes with 2 sets of strings.
With StewMac’s reputation for good quality, this is a DIY guitar kit that you will surely appreciate.
Features:
- Building Difficulty: 5/10
- Body: Stratocaster
- Tonewood: Mahogany
- Neck: Maple
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Pickups: SSS (Three Singlecoils)
- Controls: Volume, 2 x Tone, 5-way Pickup Selector