A little heads up for people who are interested in this kit and want to stain it. Like all kits these come with a sealer already applied. You need to sand it off. Because of the carved top, the sealer can penetrate a little deeper where the carve starts. This prevents your stain from penetrating, leaving you with a lighter edge. Pay extra attention when sanding!
This is a great point, thank you. The guitar I got actually had a pore filler and base coat applied but it definitely needed more work if I had stained it. I painted with solid colors, so it was a bit easier. More on this in the next episode.
Pro tip to test the electronics before installing the strings, hover your phone just above the pickup you're testing and you can hear what your phone is playing through the amp. Got the idea from the samurai guitarist and used it to test the electronics on my strat style kit. Works like a dream.
A friend of mine ordered that kit and got 2 sets of pickups 🤘🏽one set with chrome covers one set of black. It was probably a mistake but the kit looks cool. Love your design plan Vlad Halen 🤘🏽
All this videos inspired me to build my own.. Sadly it's not going to be soon first i need to finish my Kramer mod and there is a lot of work on that one.. :) Love Harley Benton guitars my SC 550 is amazing ^
Honest opinion of the KIT quality. How does the woods feel, how is the neck, electronic quality and quality over all. I've been looking for some DIY guitar KIT for a while now. These one in Thomann looks quite good and are also quite cheap ones to start with.
Great question! This is my second HB DIY kit and both of them have been really nice. Both have had fairly thin necks and flat fingerboards but I'm guessing it's something an average guitarist wants. The best thing about these kits is that when you put them together, the instrument feels solid and nice to play. Feels like a 'real' guitar. The hardware seems very decent to me and at least with the Tele the only thing I wanted to swap was the pickups as they we're pretty thick and dark sounding. Both guitars needed a bit of maintenance on the frets, both rounding up the fret ends and also polishing them. Overall I think it's a great deal for the money. Put the kit together and you have a playable guitar that feels and sounds good. They are also great for practicing all kinds of painting and finishing options and the parts are pretty well sanded and have a bit of primer lacquer applied to them. Compared to building a guitar from scratch, this is sooooo much more approachable.
@@CatPickStudios Thanks for the reply. Maybe I should order an LP-model kit and build that one. Not sure what I'm looking for from these kits. Maybe to lower the step to maintain my main guitars or something like that.
I’m maybe gonna get this kit, so I was wondering, if I want to paint the body should I do it before or after «building » everything ?? I’m sure it’s basic knowledge but I’m still asking just to be sure
I think it's smart to ask before doing stuff, something I should remember more often... ;D I did painting first because it is easier tofocus on the details when the guitar is in pieces. The benefit of bolt-on design is that you can for example paint the body separately before attaching a neck to it. If you check the full video series, I actually take the guitar into pieces several times during the process before finally putting it all together.
@@CatPickStudios thank you!! I’m gonna negotiate with my mother to get this kit (hoping I’ll be able to build it lol) and if I can get it I’m definitely gonna paint before and then build !! Thanks!!
Technically yes, but I'm not sure how good that neck joint would look with you having to fill the holes on the neck. Also you wouldn't really get that much better upper fret access that way.
Thanks! With budget friendly guitars like this one the weight can vary a lot but at least mine is pretty light. The T-style kit I assembled several years ago was heavier than an average electric guitar. I guess it's a bit of a gamble which one you'll get.
Imma build one soon ordering on Wednesday when I can go bank sort my card out lost ut lol but looking forward to build few of ya made some sweet guitars so looking forward to my tolman lp/prs "inspired" guitar cant wait
A little heads up for people who are interested in this kit and want to stain it. Like all kits these come with a sealer already applied. You need to sand it off. Because of the carved top, the sealer can penetrate a little deeper where the carve starts. This prevents your stain from penetrating, leaving you with a lighter edge. Pay extra attention when sanding!
This is a great point, thank you. The guitar I got actually had a pore filler and base coat applied but it definitely needed more work if I had stained it. I painted with solid colors, so it was a bit easier.
More on this in the next episode.
Pro tip to test the electronics before installing the strings, hover your phone just above the pickup you're testing and you can hear what your phone is playing through the amp. Got the idea from the samurai guitarist and used it to test the electronics on my strat style kit. Works like a dream.
Haha that's a fun way to test the pickups for sure!
Hey mate! Thanks for sharing the video and joining our challenge. The CST-24T looks sweet already - can't wait to see and hear more! :)
Excited to be part of this and I can promise the design will be... not subtle ;D
A friend of mine ordered that kit and got 2 sets of pickups 🤘🏽one set with chrome covers one set of black. It was probably a mistake but the kit looks cool.
Love your design plan Vlad Halen 🤘🏽
Sounds like someone at HB took the "double bucker" thing literally. ;D
yea mine came with two too i tought it was a mistake but i guess not 🤷♂
The most interesting, detailed and accomplished project of the contest so far, can't wait to see the rest of the realization of this kit
Thanks, much appreciated!
This is gonna be a cool guitar!
Wonder how many purists are getting ready to be upset about Van Halen style on a PRS type guitar. 😍
Well I think I’ve prepared for it but you never know 😅
I really want to see this finished! Man, your photoshop skills! That was impressive.
Haha thanks, those years in media school didn’t go to waste 😎
All this videos inspired me to build my own.. Sadly it's not going to be soon first i need to finish my Kramer mod and there is a lot of work on that one.. :)
Love Harley Benton guitars my SC 550 is amazing ^
Honest opinion of the KIT quality. How does the woods feel, how is the neck, electronic quality and quality over all. I've been looking for some DIY guitar KIT for a while now. These one in Thomann looks quite good and are also quite cheap ones to start with.
Great question! This is my second HB DIY kit and both of them have been really nice. Both have had fairly thin necks and flat fingerboards but I'm guessing it's something an average guitarist wants. The best thing about these kits is that when you put them together, the instrument feels solid and nice to play. Feels like a 'real' guitar. The hardware seems very decent to me and at least with the Tele the only thing I wanted to swap was the pickups as they we're pretty thick and dark sounding.
Both guitars needed a bit of maintenance on the frets, both rounding up the fret ends and also polishing them.
Overall I think it's a great deal for the money. Put the kit together and you have a playable guitar that feels and sounds good. They are also great for practicing all kinds of painting and finishing options and the parts are pretty well sanded and have a bit of primer lacquer applied to them. Compared to building a guitar from scratch, this is sooooo much more approachable.
@@CatPickStudios Thanks for the reply. Maybe I should order an LP-model kit and build that one. Not sure what I'm looking for from these kits. Maybe to lower the step to maintain my main guitars or something like that.
I’m maybe gonna get this kit, so I was wondering, if I want to paint the body should I do it before or after «building » everything ?? I’m sure it’s basic knowledge but I’m still asking just to be sure
I think it's smart to ask before doing stuff, something I should remember more often... ;D
I did painting first because it is easier tofocus on the details when the guitar is in pieces. The benefit of bolt-on design is that you can for example paint the body separately before attaching a neck to it.
If you check the full video series, I actually take the guitar into pieces several times during the process before finally putting it all together.
@@CatPickStudios thank you!! I’m gonna negotiate with my mother to get this kit (hoping I’ll be able to build it lol) and if I can get it I’m definitely gonna paint before and then build !! Thanks!!
If I got this kit would it be able to fill the screw holes and just tight bond the neck in to make it a set neck?
Technically yes, but I'm not sure how good that neck joint would look with you having to fill the holes on the neck. Also you wouldn't really get that much better upper fret access that way.
Does it have a rod inside alreadyt?
Yep!
Cool vid!
Thanks!
Nice video and a great job! What is the weight of the guitar? I am
considering buying such a kit, but I don't want to have a guitar that is
too heavy.
Thanks! With budget friendly guitars like this one the weight can vary a lot but at least mine is pretty light. The T-style kit I assembled several years ago was heavier than an average electric guitar. I guess it's a bit of a gamble which one you'll get.
@@CatPickStudios Thanks for your anwers. I guess I have to take gamble and hope for the best. 😉
Imma build one soon ordering on Wednesday when I can go bank sort my card out lost ut lol but looking forward to build few of ya made some sweet guitars so looking forward to my tolman lp/prs "inspired" guitar cant wait
Sounds good!
As a guitarist, its a pain watching this haha, but great job
I know what you mean! ;D Thanks!
Have you ever done anything original?
Yes.
@@CatPickStudios Where can I see your original work?
There's a full album worth of instrumental songs here on my channel called CatPick Jams. :)
@@CatPickStudios Oh, you're a musician? I thought you were a guitar builder. My bad.