Hobbyists, tinkerers and prospective guitar builders, pay attention: Jack & Danny's Do-It-Yourself kits are the ideal opportunity to demonstrate your own craftsmanship with a self-made instrument! No matter whether it's your first instrument or a side project for the cold season: anyone who invests a lot of effort will be rewarded with an instrument that is easy to play and sounds clean. The kit contains all components required for the assembly in the form of body and neck, suitable hardware and of course the corresponding electronics!
With the P-Style DIY-Kit from Jack & Danny you get everything you need to build an electric bass in the legendary P-Design. Body, neck, electronics and hardware including mounting accessories are already pre-drilled and pre-wired, so that the assembly can be done without a fully equipped guitar workshop.
Body and neck are natural and can be varnished or waxed/oiled according to taste. All potentiometers, switches and pickups are pre-wired, only the bridge ground has to be placed under the bridge.
An amazingly articulative split-coil pickup is part of the equipment of the do-it-yourself bass. The classic double coil pickup with Alnico magnets delivers grumpy bass sounds and convinces with a flexible sound image with passive electronics.
The necessary mounting accessories in the form of screws in various sizes, mechanisms, cover plates and strings are located on board the Jack & Danny P-Style DIY Kit. Even the required hexagon socket wrenches are supplied.
Nice clean and simple. Good alder body with rosewood fretboard. Perfect for making that dream custom bass! Pickups are surprisingly good for the price, and even the kit strings are decent. 10/10 would recommend for anyone who wants a good custom guitar
Kit complete with all parts and well packed. Neck and body well crafted and smooth.
The bass asssembles very well (I´ve built a few guitar DIY kits).
No instructions supplied but
descriptions and guidelines are easily available on the net.
End result was to my satisfaction.
The kit came earlier than expected which was great. Unfortunately some of the screws were loose in the packaging, fortunately they didn't cause any damage to other parts. The body of the guitar is well finished, ready for painting or lacquers as is the neck. The one thing I was really disappointed with, was the lack of an instruction booklet, having phoned customer service, apparently instructions aren't provided. This is a bit disappointing as you then need to trawl the internet to find some suitable instructions ( Harley Benton kits instructions are pretty compatible ). Overall a good kit, but better quality control and a set of instructions would make it a great one. Do buy if you want the experience of building and finishing a guitar to your own taste.