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Build Your Own PST-Style Electric Guitar!
The Rocktile electric guitar kit PST-Style gives you the essential components to assemble your own solidbody electric guitar. Body, neck, hardware and electronics form a well-thought-out foundation for a DIY guitar project where you take the build of your instrument step by step. The HSS pickup configuration with two single-coil pickups and a humbucker blends different pickup types into a versatile setup.
Light Paulownia Body and Bolt-On Maple Neck
The body is made of Paulownia and is paired with a bolt-on maple neck. The fingerboard is maple as well. This construction follows the classic ST-Style and provides a familiar foundation for players who want to assemble an ergonomically shaped solidbody guitar and then tailor it to their preferences. The fingerboard features 21 frets and dot inlays. With a nut width of approximately 42 mm, the instrument falls within a typical electric-guitar range.
HSS Pickup Configuration Instead of a Triple Single-Coil Setup
The electronics use an HSS configuration: two single-coil pickups combined with a humbucker. That clearly differentiates this kit from a classic SSS setup with three single coils. Combining these two pickup types creates a flexible starting point for various tones and makes the kit appealing if you don't want to be locked into a single pickup type in your custom build.
Hardware for the Complete Build
The kit includes the parts required for assembly. The pickguard is already fully preassembled; the package also includes die-cast tuners and a fixed bridge. The unfinished finish gives you room for further surface work. That way you can, for example, modify the body to suit your project and customize the instrument's look. With a listed weight of 3.3 kg, the kit also provides a concrete basis for planning the finished instrument.
DIY Project with Practical Equipment
In addition to the guitar kit itself, the delivery includes a build manual and an instrument cable. For assembly, setup and work on the electronics you should bring a certain level of hand skills and basic electrical knowledge. Doing so gives you direct insight into the construction, hardware and electronics of an electric guitar and lets you follow many of the build steps on your own instrument.
Start Your Own PST-Style Project with a Versatile HSS Pickup Configuration!
Features
- "Do-it-yourself" Electric Guitar Kit
- PST-Style
- Body: Paulownia
- Neck: Bolt-on Maple
- Fretboard: Maple
- Pickups: 2 x Single Coil, 1 x Humbucker
- 21 Frets
- Dot Inlays
- White Pickguard (fully pre-assembled)
- DieCast tuners
- Color: Natural
- Weight: 3.3 kg
- Includes all necessary parts
- A certain level of craftsmanship and basic electrical knowledge is required
Scope of delivery
- 1 x Rocktile PST-Style Electric Guitar Kit
- 1 x Assembly Manual
- 1 x Instrument Cable
Suitable accessories (Not included in the delivery.)
Specification
- Product number 00047075
- Colour Natural
- Body shape ST
- Top -
- Pickups HSS
- Handedness Right-handed
- Gigbag / Case included No
- Body Paulownia
- Fretboard Maple
- Scale Standard 24.75 - 25.5 inches
- Finish Untreated
- Nut width 42 mm
- Neck Maple
- Bridge/Tailpiece Hard tail
Reviews
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My idea was to prime the body white and then have my kids paint it. After that I sprayed it several times with clear lacquer.
The result is great, the kids and I enjoyed it, even if the paint job is not perfect. However, I soldered the jack socket wrong in the beginning and it almost just buzzed. Oddly enough, the pickups still worked, though the tones were quieter than the hiss. That's another reason why I was a bit perplexed at first.
Now everything works and it's a super guitar, sounds great to my ear and is light as a feather compared to my Tele.
My next project is possibly a bass kit....
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What I liked:
The assembly is a great project that also has a passable result at the end. It was now my second DIY kit (before that I already assembled a Tele) and I had a lot of fun and am also very happy with the result.
However, the following things bothered me:
The instructions are such a generalized version that applies to all of the vendor's electric guitar and bass models that it is extremely disconcerting to someone who has little idea about guitar building. Depending on the model, some steps simply differ a lot, so I think it makes little sense to solve this with a one-fits-all manual. In some cases, not everything is easy to see in the photos. There is definitely room for improvement here.
Some of the drill holes were not pre-drilled cleanly and did not match the parts that were supposed to be mounted on them, which has now resulted in one of the neck screws turning very crooked in the body. It's only a cosmetic problem, but it didn't have to be.
The frets had to be completely re-trued. Some were unfortunately too high, so that the strings, although they were fretted in the 10th fret, for example, could only vibrate freely from the 11th fret. I taught myself how to do this with the help of several Youtube videos, but you also need some special tools for this process, which I had to buy especially for this reason. It would be nice if this could be checked in the factory beforehand.
Oh, and I got a different neck than specified (rosewood fretboard instead of maple), but I only noticed that when I had already started assembling, so I didn't want to complain about it. Who attaches importance to it, but should immediately pay attention to it when unpacking.
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Questions about product
Question by Torben on 03.01.2019
Does the fingerboard need to be treated? E.g. oil? If so, which oil would you recommend? Greetings Torben
Answer by Musikhaus Kirstein:
The fingerboard is very light and naturally gets dirty when played. A good choice would be Tru-Oil, which you apply with a soft, non-fluffy cloth and let it soak in. If the whole neck remains unvarnished, you can of course also treat the back of the neck well with it.
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