Category: Customer Builds

This is what some of the folks who have put their damn good efforts into.

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54 Single Cut JR

Thought I’d send you some pics. Feel free to share them on your gallery page.  I took your Junior SingleCut kit and shaved off 5/16” from the body top and 5/16” from the heel of the neck. Taking 5/16” off the body top exposed to the entire control cavity on the top, so I just used a control cavity cover there.  For the rest of the build, I used some old parts and some new parts and I’m very pleased with the end result.
For color I used oil based Minwax medium walnut for the stain (one coat for 15 minutes, then wiped off), and Minwax oil based satin polyurethane for a thin topcoat finish (three coats of poly thinned a bit with mineral spirits).  Thank you again for offering such precision manufactured kits.

-KF

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59 Carved Top Offset DC Custom

Finally finished my build and plays beautifully! Here are the specs..Blue and turquoise dye with clear gloss nitrocellulose finish…

50s wiring, Seymour Duncan 59 Vintage Blues pickups, TonePros II locking bridge/stop, Grover tuners 

Challenging at times, but overall a very rewarding experience thanks to the quality of the build i started with.

-MP

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59 Carved Top Custom

Hey guys,

Just wanted to say thank you for an amazing kit! Wanted to make something look like they stripped and customized an old 53’ gold top with wild one piece top underneath. You guys nailed it out of the park!

The X is also another PGK that I had a ton of fun building.  Will be ordering more. Thanks!

-MB

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54 Single Cut JR Custom

The build itself was as expected from the highest rated guitar kit company I could find.  Neck glued right in, and the frets are perfect.  I just rolled the neck edges very slightly for comfort.  The volume of sound coming from the pickup cavity before installing the pickup was amazing!

The guitar still has the setup strings on it, but sounds great with every amp I have tried.  Modded Marshall JCM 800, 1934 Supro, and Fender Hot Rod with pedals all give great results.  The extra treble you would expect from the Black Limba can be dialed back with the tone knob, and the 100% rolled off woman tone is the most usable, pleasing tone of any guitar I own.

I highly recommend Precision Guitar Kits for anyone interested in building a guitar you actually will want to play.  Besides, scouring the internet for each piece of the guitar is way better then getting a bag full of the cheapest  of everything available.

– KW