byoguitar.com guitar kits

[Deeee]

does anyone know much about the guitar kits from www.byoguitar.com ?

 

I'm looking at getting the prs style with tremolo seen HERE

 

A lot of people seem to know about them but i can't seem to find people who have actually had first hand experience with the kits.

[stevenjuel]

never tried them. but damn i didnt know they had set necks! if i ever find a place i can use to finish stuff i wanna try one of the prs style ones!

[linusâ„¢]

i'm not sure of anyone around here using byo.. when in doubt google the crap out of it. .

 

though i have seen a couple of posts on the grizzly kits: http://www.grizzly.com/products/category.aspx?key=235040

 

specifically the heirloom/samba/firefly model which is prs-like..

[Badside]

These are the same chinese made PRS look-alike kits you can find at a bunch of different places (except GFS, which has a different take on the PRS theme)

 

If it was me, I'd put the extra dough towards this one:

http://byoguitar.com/Guitars/BYO-Custom-Shop-C22-Body-and-Neck__BYO-CS-C22-BN.aspx

 

Still cheaper than getting just the carved top PRS body from Warmoth and it's set neck.

 

Edit: One thing that bothers me about that generic Chinese PRS kit is that the neck tenon is glued on. Therefore, your neck isn't glued to the body, it glues to a small wood piece that is glued to the body.

Sure, many necks are built out of more than one piece, but to use an intermediate piece for the tenon is really cheap

I must say though that I do not know if the 450$ version above is different

[Deeee]

hmm yeah i'd love to get the carved top version, but it would end up costing almost twice as much, with hardware and everything. I live in Australia so shipping is a biatch

[Ital_Stal]

scary part is if someone did up one of these i wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the real thing.

[ihavenofish]

 

scary part is if someone did up one of these i wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the real thing.

 

 

if by real thing you mean low end asian guitar. dont think theres a big market for counterfiet epiphones that cost more than real ones though.

[Ital_Stal]

 

if by real thing you mean low end asian guitar. dont think theres a big market for counterfiet epiphones that cost more than real ones though.

 

 

 

no im saying if someone did this kit:

 

http://byoguitar.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitar-Kit--PRS-Style-w-Tremolo__BYO-PRS-TREM.aspx

 

 

threw a PRS logo on it and posted it on my local kijiji as a legit PRS i wouldn't know the difference.

[ihavenofish]

no im saying if someone did this kit: http://byoguitar.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitar-Kit--PRS-Style-w-Tremolo__BYO-PRS-TREM.aspx threw a PRS logo on it and posted it on my local kijiji as a legit PRS i wouldn't know the difference.

 

that would be your own fault then, cause that body isnt even shaped like a prs...

 

[Ital_Stal]

looks pretty close to me

 

http://www.synergyguitars.com/PRS-Guitars/PRS-2003-C22-10-Blue%20(36).JPG

[Annoying Twit]

Is this body made from two different species of wood?

 

http://byoguitar.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitar-Kit--LPJR-SC__BYO-LPJR-SC.aspx

[Deeee]

nah, it's all mahogany both the body and the neck

[Badside]

looks pretty close to me http://www.synergyguitars.com/PRS-Guitars/PRS-2003-C22-10-Blue%20(36).JPG

 

Look is one thing, but if it plays and sounds like a PRS, then PRS is doing something really wrong!

Although, I must admit import PRS feel cheap to me

 

Not to mention the neck usually need a complete fret job to be playable on those.

[Badside]

 

nah, it's all mahogany both the body and the neck

 

 

Or as the chinese manufacturers call it: "mahogany"

 

There are a couple dozen species of wood that can legally be sold as mahogany, some of them are nothing like the Honduran Mahogany old Gibsons were made of.

[Weiner_Bomb]

I bought their early explorer kits, and I didn't think it was any good.

 

Looks like they made a leap in progress. that flying v kit is catching my eye. They sure do charge a lot for the upgraded parts.

[ihavenofish]

 

nah, it's all mahogany both the body and the neck

 

 

meranti on the body - aka "philippine mahogany" which is not a real mahogany but not a bad wood either. the neck, not sure. could be african mahogany.

[Badside]

By the way ihavenofish... being a guitar kit thread, I guess I'm staying on topic... but do you have any picture of completed Polar guitars?

You may remember I contacted you a few weeks ago, I'm still interested in a set-neck kit from you, but I definitely would love to see pictures of a completed guitar.

 

Thanks!

[ihavenofish]

 

By the way ihavenofish... being a guitar kit thread, I guess I'm staying on topic... but do you have any picture of completed Polar guitars? You may remember I contacted you a few weeks ago, I'm still interested in a set-neck kit from you, but I definitely would love to see pictures of a completed guitar. Thanks!

 

 

ive got one almost done. finish is on, just needs parts and some holes drilled. its a double cut though, not the "offset". the offsets dont have necks just yet. been really busy with work and doing hardware.

[Elk]

I just bought one from a guy last week, just got here last night. He did all the original assembly and painting but it plays awesome. The neck isn't super thin like on Ibanez guitars but isn't a baseball bat. Fits perfect in my hands. The electronics arn't the best but what do you expect? Overall I'd say its nicer than the Epiphones I've played, and definitely MIM Fenders. I've played the model its based off of (Jackson Kelly) and its similar, but frankly I like the kit more than any Kelly I've played.

 

No clue what the body is made of, but it sounds great. The neck is absolutely beautiful and extremely well made, so far as to the guy I bought it from said he believed the neck alone was worth $150.