Final Setup
Dial in neck relief, string action, intonation and pickup height so your guitar plays in tune, feels comfortable and delivers balanced tone.
How to check the neck alignment and neck angle
For many guitar players, the neck is where the action happens. The neck is the primary way of interacting with a guitar’s body, and as such it should be as comfortable as possible. The neck angle and the neck alignment also greatly affects a guitar's
How to Perform a Complete Final Setup on Your Guitar
A final setup is four adjustments, in this order: neck relief, action, intonation, pickup height. Tune the guitar first so the neck is under proper tension. Neck relief. Fret the first and last fret and tap the string at the 12th. If it lies flat on
How do you test the sound of the guitar?
Plug in and work through every pickup position: bridge, middle (both pickups together), and neck. Then switch to the middle position, turn both volume controls to 10, and take your hands off the guitar. You should hear no hum or electrical interferen
How Does Pickup Position Affect Sound?
💡Recommended: How to fix electrical interferences. The position of the pickups on a guitar can be divided into three general categories: neck position, middle position, and bridge position. Each position has its own unique sound characteristics. The
How to Adjust your Guitar Intonation
DIY Kit guitars are notorious for requiring some adjustment before being ready to play. There are a number of things you will need to do prior to playing your new guitar including adjustments to the neck using the truss rod to reduce warping or bowin
How High Should my Pickups be?
How high should you adjust your pickups after your kit guitar assembly is complete? It makes sense to want to know after all it has the potential to have an impact on the output of your new guitar and since you have built this guitar yourself you don
What should the finished guitar look like?
That’s completely up to you, but we do have some advice that will help steer you in the right direction, use a reference. In most cases, this will be a guitar you particularly like the look of and want to create something similar. To view the latest
How good can a kit guitar sound?
It’s defined firstly by the components you use and secondly the workmanship that goes into putting it all together. There are some very good kit guitars available and some lesser quality guitar kits. Watch the community section of our Youtube Channel
Hear Your DIY Guitar Kit Come Alive: The Sound Check
After hours of sanding, wiring, and fine-tuning, your DIY guitar kit deserves a proper sound check. In this short video from Guitar Kit World, you can hear what a finished build sounds like once it's plugged in and ready to play. A sound check is the