7/8 string kit

[paddypat]

hi
could it be possible to find some kit of neck an body in 7,8 strings?
not easy....
Thxs

 

[JohnnyP]

Perle guitars has 7 string ibby knock offs. Then there is the warmoth 7...

 

[celticelk]

There are a number available on eBay, at least in the US, though I'm a bit skeptical of their quality - the nut width on the one I investigated seemed awfully narrow (1 5/8"?).

 

[Zai]

Yeah I bought one of those and they're good if you know what you're doing because there maybe a lot or no major work you have to do to make it look nice. The one I bought the neck pocket was was too big and the neck screw holes were off. I bought the one from musician friendly I believe is they're name, but try the other one that is all maghagony if you're into tone woods! Have fun man!

 

[paddypat]

Yeah I bought one of those and they're good if you know what you're doing because there maybe a lot or no major work you have to do to make it look nice. The one I bought the neck pocket was was too big and the neck screw holes were off. I bought the one from musician friendly I believe is they're name, but try the other one that is all maghagony if you're into tone woods! Have fun man!

i didn't find the store..

There are a number available on eBay, at least in the US, though I'm a bit skeptical of their quality - the nut width on the one I investigated seemed awfully narrow (1 5/8"?).

i was skeptical too..

 

[Zai]

DIY Mahogany Bolt on Electric Guitar Kit 7 String Albatross G041 | eBay this is the maghagony one. But yeah I cant find the basswood one hmmmmm

 

[stevexc]

With Warmoth you're limited to 2 different body styles and 3 different necks (including a paddle-style) for 7-strings (and no 8s) but it'll probably be the highest quality "kit" you'll be able to find.

A user did a review of a Canadian-based kit company as well, I'll try and find the name but they're supposed to be good quality. Not sure if they do a 7+ though.

Why do you want to do a kit? Just for the experience of building?

 

[celticelk]

The other good-quality option would be to buy a neck-through neck from Carvin and do the rest yourself. You might not feel comfortable with that level of woodworking-from-scratch (I'm certainly not), but the workmanship on the neck-and-fretboard will be leagues above what you could possibly expect from a shitty $150 eBay kit.

 

[rikomaru]

eager to see this list expanded

 

[pondman]

Avoid the Chinese ones.
I couldn't be arsed building Jem necks for some bodies I have and was going to order a few. I noticed they did fretboards as well so I ordered one of those first.

It looked really nice but the frets were over a mm off scale in places.