Solo SG Style DIY Guitar Kit, Mahogany Body, Mahogany Set Neck, SGK-10

The guitar kit was a blast to work on. Neck fit perfectly Frets needed a very small amount of work to ensure no fret buzz 10 minutes is all it took. The wiring was an adventure in itself. The POTs were already soldered and it was confusing at first but I called Solo and the helpline rep walked me through the process and it now works great. Great kit for a first timer like me. I cannot wait to do another kit. It will be a Solo no doubt about it

The wood is very nice. The hardware and electronics are not. The neck angle on mine is about a degree too flat, which meant some re-machining of the bridge to get even close to playable, and yes, I dry fit it first before glueing it in. it sits solid and square in the pocket, side to side is perfect, which is what they tell you to check…….. The frets required to be pressed in, leveled and crowned but that’s any new neck. The back cover plate also required a lot of filing and sanding as well…I was going to buy their 335 kit next, but now I just don’t know……… UPDATE* After re-working the bridge to accommodate the neck pocket angle, the rest of the assembly and setup went fine. It took a little more than they let on, but if you know what you’re doing, you can end up with a really sweet “EsGee”

Horrible quality. Three threats didn’t even make it across the fretboard. Tuning peg holes on the headstock were off-center. Don’t waste your money

The body of the guitar is indeed mahogany, and was pretty much finished as far as rough sanding goes. However, the standard Gibson style full pickguard like the one I have on mine will not fit. I had to reroute the bridge cavity 3/8" closer to the bridge, and the area where the pickup screws go in the neck cavity needed to be enlarged. The neck fit the pocket with no yaw, but I would recommend checking the neck angle carefully, as mine could have used a shim to achieve the proper neck angle relative to the body of the guitar. I foolishly didn't check this time before setting the neck like I normally do, and as a result, I have the bridge dropped as low as it can go and the action could be a hair lower for my taste. An increased neck angle would take care of this. The pickups that came with this kit were actually not that bad, as far as kits go, and I ended up using them in another project guitar. For this kit, I wanted to use humbucker sized P90s, so I installed Seymour Duncan Phat Cat pickups. I also bored the potentiometer holes to 3/8" so I could use CTS 500k pots. The machine heads (tuners) that came with this kit are serviceable. They are not high-ratio, but they will hold the guitar in tune. The biggest problem with this kit is the neck. It took quite a bit of time to level the frets on this guitar to where it wouldn't buzz like a sitar when strummed. The 3rd fret was exceptionally high and took aggressive sanding to get it level. It appears there may be a slight warp in the neck near the headstock. When finished, I opted to make a hand cut bone nut for it instead of dropping the slots on the cheap black plastic on that came with the kit. The fret ends, surprisingly, were not that sharp so minimal effort was needed there. Now that the guitar is finished, it plays perfectly and all the issues it once had have been resolved. You would not know that it ever had any problems, but it did take every bit of the years of experience I have building guitars to get it correct. If you're looking for something fun and easy, I'd read the reviews very carefully.

I've bought 3, while I do make some modifications all three look and play great. No intonation issues, sound quality exceeded my expectations with all of them. It's helpful to be handy and have a general understanding for how to set up a new guitar, but youtube had you covered. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I'm so happy with these projects that my PRS Custom has been relegated to my basement to make room for these.

I thought I might have a better guitar if I made it myself. I was surprised at how nice the mahogany body and neck were. I was even more surprised when I carefully glued on the neck and found the guitar had perfect intonation. No adjustment to the bridge were needed. I did have to sand down a few frets and I swapped out the pick-up and the rest of the electronics. It took me about a week, working one hour a day. In the end the guitar turned out great. It looks great and sounds even better. I am very happy with my less then $300 guitar. I wish Solo had an upgrade option offering better hardware.

Great quality, learned a lot while building the guitar. It’ll be great if there were picture instructions for guitar setup

I am pretty happy with this kit. the woods all look great. The neck impressed me. The body looks great as well but the neck pocket is just slightly too big which is a no no for a set neck. Needless to say i am pretty disappointed about that part (Fixable and you should definitely plan on doing a lot of extra work any ways if you want the best experience.) I plan to veneer the gap or sawdust and glue some how to make it work. So the bevels on edge of the body are a bit small i added a body carve that looks more like an SG it turned out pretty cool. I also upgraded the pick ups and bridge plan to make a bone nut hope i can make this sounds like the real deal! Again very happy with this product.