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Dreadnought Guitar Kit
These are the highest quality Dreadnought kits available, with solid bookmatched grade-AAA back, sides and soundboard for great tone. We manufacture these kits right here in our own shop, so every part is of quality wood and machined for accurate fit.
No other instrument kits give you this level
of instructional detail:
| • Full-size plan and bracing template | | • Building an Acoustic Guitar Kit DVD | | Sold separately for $39.95, yours FREE with this kit! | | Learn more about it... | • Acoustic Kit Assembly Instructions, 36 pages of photos and
diagrams to guide you through every stage of construction. | | Read instructions... |
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Build a fine quality guitar you can be proud of!
"People who saw the finished instrument were astonished that it came from a kit... Anyone wanting to begin a guitarmaking career this way won't be disappointed. All the components are high grade and meant to last a lifetime."
— John Calkin, American Lutherie
Read more highlights from the review for American Lutherie
A hands-on course in guitar making.
We include full-size plnas drawn by Don MacRostie, who designed our kits based on prized vintage Martins. The kits are adapted for the small shop so you won't need factory tools. We do the precision machine work, so you can hand build a great guitar. Our illustrated instruction book is the best guide ever offered with a kit. We even made a DVD video, Building an Acoustic Guitar Kit, and include it FREE! These kits are a solid introduction to guitarmaking.
These are great sounding guitars!
You get a bookmatched AAA back and side set, available in rosewood or mahogany. The AAA solid spruce top has been thickness-sanded and profiled. We've slotted the ebony fingerboards, and included pearl inlays and a genuine bone nut and saddle.
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Choose a bolt-on neck or a traditional dovetail – both are machined for and accurate fit, saving you hours of complicated work. Only the final trimming and sanding are required.
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Included in the kit is a Hot Rod truss rod, to make the neck two-way adjustable.
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Save time, save tools.
You don't need to tool up for critical machine work like side bending, shaping the neck and cutting the heel joint. You'll hand build and finish an heirloom quality instrument. |
• Solid AAA tonewoods: Spruce, rosewood and mahogany
• Precision-machined neck joint
• Precut heavy cardboard molds for trouble-free body assembly
• Detailed instructions, DVD and builder's plans included FREE!
• Hundreds of our kits have been built by first-time builders and
experienced luthiers
View the complete parts list for the Dreadnought Guitar Kit (PDF file 84KB).
You add the tuners.
From years of supplying kits to builders we know that you'll want to choose the finishing touches, so tuners and strings are not included. To personalize your guitar, see our selection for the tuning machines of your choice.
Customize your kit to be a left-handed instrument.
Though our guitar kits are intended for right-handed players, the soundboard bracing patterns can be reversed to build a left-handed instrument. You can make a left-handed bridge from scratch using one of our bridge blanks.
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February 12, 2008
My Dread kit turned out absolutely awesome! I'm hooked on "home brewed" guitars now thanks to you. The quality is obvious. Wish me luck on No. 2! |
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Barry McCord
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The instructional video and booklet are both excellent...my new guitar turned out much better than I expected. The tone and playability is rivaling any high end guitar that I have owned or played. |
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Hesh Breakstone
Ann Arbor MI |
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I received my Dreadnought kit yesterday and man, was I pleasantly surprised. The quality of the woods is so much better than I expected. I'm learning that you guys are honest and that I can do business with you with confidence. That's rare these days. Thank you so much. |
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Gene Barnes
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Just a note to let you know that I completed the dreadnought guitar kit today, and all I can say is WOW!!!!!!... I’ve played guitars that were priced in the 3-4000 dollar range that don’t sound any better than this kit, and it’s only been strung up for a day!!!! |
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Brandon Manitoba Canada |
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Shown on page 96 of our latest catalog.
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