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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: downfader on October 01, 2006, 06:55:51 PM

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: downfader on October 01, 2006, 06:55:51 PM

...well they are dirt cheap. Quite tempted despite the naff hardware and the basswood. Thought I could build a PRS/LP copy, paint it up and flog it on if I didnt like it. I even have a few decent spare parts I could use instead to make it look barely cool  :lol:

Or should I just keep saving for those computer bits I'd promised myself  :lol:

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: indysmith on October 01, 2006, 09:35:03 PM

never heard of them... do they have a website?

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: downfader on October 01, 2006, 09:38:25 PM

Yeah, well its a shop, he buys them in from somewhere:

Try this (http://www.themusicking.co.uk/products.php?cat=57&PHPSESSID=b63305680d27fee6b6df73f17ec74817)

TBH I'm not sure now... might just buy a decent body of wood and cut it myself. Then just get a premade neck. May be cheaper and better quality that way..

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: Sifu Ben on October 01, 2006, 11:58:31 PM

They look like the kits Craft Supplies do.

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: hunter on October 02, 2006, 06:16:55 AM

I think the price is unbelievable!

And hey, my MM Axis is basswood body maple neck, so the wood type as such is no issue because that guitar really rocks!

I do wanna know about your experiences when you give it a go ...

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: Hell Hound on October 02, 2006, 08:57:49 AM

Basswod is bad, but with good pickups it's good :P

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: Ratrod on October 02, 2006, 10:55:52 AM

Quote from: Hell Hound

Basswod is bad, but with good pickups it's good :P

Good pickups for basswood: Warpigs!  :twisted:

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: JamesHealey on October 02, 2006, 11:23:45 AM

i think the body and neck will probably be worth the money.. i'd upgrade the hardware on them and stick some decent pickups in.. surely u cant go wrong for that price..

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on October 02, 2006, 11:49:09 AM

The kits are made by a company called Saga
They are ok as it goes for the money
Nothing special though as far as guitars go

Fun to put together though

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: indysmith on October 02, 2006, 12:16:06 PM

Quote from: FELINEGUITARS

The kits are made by a company called Saga
They are ok as it goes for the money
Nothing special though as far as guitars go

Fun to put together though

do you know the neck pocket specs? as in - can you retrofit it with other strat bodies and necks?

Title: Music King Guitar kits?
Post by: downfader on October 02, 2006, 04:08:19 PM

Quote from: FELINEGUITARS

The kits are made by a company called Saga
They are ok as it goes for the money
Nothing special though as far as guitars go

Fun to put together though

Cheers for that, might look Saga up and see what happens.

As for Basswood, someone on here already helped point out (was it Wez?) that basswood gets a bad rep due to the poor cuts being used on budget instruments. I was wondering if these were the poorer cuts, so to speak  :wink:

But yeah, my thoughts exactly on the Warpigs.