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Hardware Installation

Get precise hardware installation guidance—tuners, bridges, pickups and more—so your DIY guitar kit stays solid and sounds its best.

How do you install the guitar pickups?

Guitar pickups are a vital part of the electric guitar. They allow your guitar to create lots of different sounds and tones. Some pickups are made from magnets, some from wire or copper. Today, we will show you how to install a guitar pickup. Do you

How to Install Pre-Wired Pickups

For many of us once our guitar is assembled, set up properly and provided with a quality finish our attention turns to tone and how get the best sounding guitar we can. Tone comes down to a lot of factors e.g. build of the guitar, choice of amplifica

DIY Guitar Kit Bridges and Tailpieces

Of all the hardware components that make up an electric guitar, few have more of an influence on playability than the guitar’s bridge and tailpiece (if your guitar happens to include a two-piece bridge). When you consider tuning stability, action, in

Guitar Tuning Machines: The Complete Guide

Regardless of the quality of the components used to assemble your guitar kit, if your guitar is out of tune, it’s going to sound bad. As a result, there are few things more important to a guitarist than tuning stability e.g. a guitar's ability to rem

Neck Assembly for Kit Guitars

Neck assembly for kit guitars is fairly straightforward for the most part, but there are a few things you will want to avoid doing. This article covers basic information about guitar necks including neck profile and common timbers along with some tip

How do you glue a set neck?

Learn more about set neck guitars and how they differ from bolt-on guitar necks by reading Neck Assembly for Kit Guitars.

How do you install a bolt on neck?

If you want to learn more about fixing uneven frets, check out this helpful article: How to Fix Uneven Frets

How do you install tuning pegs?

Whether you’re building a guitar from scratch or a DIY kit, here’s everything you need to know about installing the tuning pegs. These parts of a guitar help you change the pitch of the string, and they sit on the headstock of the instrument. The six

How Do I Properly Screw The Strap Holes?

Can you imagine spending an entire day building your own DIY guitar? You can do it if you follow the instructions in this article: How to Assemble an Electric Guitar Kit, In Just a Single Day

How to make a pickguard using home supplies

Hey there, guitar enthusiasts and DIY lovers!. Today we're super excited to share something that's going to save you both time and money - how to make your very own CUSTOM PICKGUARD using simple household supplies!. That's right - no fancy equipment