Wilkinson - 'Modern-S' DIY Guitar Kit - Build your own Guitar
Wilkinson - Modern-S Guitar Kit, Build your own Guitar DIY Guitar Kit, Maple Fingerboard
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Build your Dream Guitar!
Wilkinson - 'Modern-S' DIY Guitar Kit
build the guitar of your dreams!
Trev Wilkinson is a legend in the guitar world, For 35 years he has been designing and manufacturing hardware (Bridges, Vibratos, Pickups and Machine heads) for guitars and basses which have been utilised by leading brands such as; Fender, John Suhr, James Tyler, Reverend, Yamaha, Ibanez and many others.
He has created his own Fret King brand of guitars and basses as well as consulting and designing for the highly successful, Italia and Vintage guitar brands, and worked with a whole host of other major brands in the design and development role. Wilkinson hardware has become known around the world for its quality and affordability, and is the trusted choice of thousands of players today.
“The quality here far exceeds the price, and I think it’s fair to say you’re looking at the equivalent of a £1000 + USA guitar”
Dave Burrluck, Guitarist Magazine Review Issue 461.
Wilkinson Guitar Kits Overview
With Steve and Stuart
Steve and Stuart take a look at Trev Wilkinson's Guitar kits and how you can craft your own model that's not only personal, but plays amazingly well!
A Professionally Contoured and Beautifully Smooth Body Awaits...
realise your dream guitar!The heart of any guitar lies in the body, and Wilkinson have used a premium grain-matched centre jointed 2-piece Alder body. The pickup routing and all other routing has been taken care of for you with a sublime smooth finish.
The Maple neck included is a dream to play and sports a spectacular finish, the neck has already been fretted and adorned with inlays and sits in the pocket like a dream. All the nerve wracking bits have been taken care of so you don't have to. Leaving you to relax, and piece together your masterpiece!
Legendary Wilkinson Hardware
time tested premium components!As you’d expect from a brand with such a rich history in guitar hardware, each Wilkinson Guitar kit is packed with all the premium-quality hardware you’ll need to build your treasured masterpiece.
Wilkinson’s 'Modern-S' kit ships with 6 premium tuners for solid tuning stability, a WVS knife edge tremolo, premium wiring and professional-grade CTS pots and CRL switch. The Modern-S kit offers Wilkinson WHS single coils in the neck and middle positions, and a roaring WHZB humbucker in the bridge position.
ScanProtect
Protection Against
Installation DamageMany aspiring builders might worry about accidentally damaging a component during construction, however, uniquely to us, as a store where hundreds of people buy components and build their own computers every day, we have a scheme called "ScanProtect" that covers that exact eventuality.
With this cover, If you damage or break a component during installation, Scan will replace them free of charge.
Simply select the option to "Add protection against accidental installation damage" in your basket before you checkout.
What's Included?
Wilkinson 'Modern-S' build kitEach of Trev Wilkinson's build-kits contains all the components you'll need to piece together you're very own, immensely treasured 'S-Shape' guitar which you are sure to treasure for the rest of your life. Wilkinson component's have long since held a lofty reputation for their premium quality, and premium components build premium guitars. For as long as the guitar has been around, guitarist's everywhere have dreamed of one day building their very own. Now you can...
at a glance
• Finely sanded 2-piece center joined Alder body
• Neck pocket, pickup cavities and bridge holes routed and drilled
• Shaped Maple neck with installed truss rod
• 25.5" (647mm) scale length, 10" radius
• One piece modern neck with Maple or Rosewood fingerboard
• 22 jumbo size frets and traditional dot inlays
• Shaped peghead, ready to customize
• Pre-slotted Graph Tech nut for perfect action
• Locking tuners
• Wilkinson WVS knife edge tremolo bridge
• Pre-wired 3 ply aged white/black/aged white pickguard
• Wilkinson WHS single coils in the neck and middle positions, WHZB humbucker in the bridge position
• 5-way CRL switch and 250K CTS potentiometers
• Output jack, premium wire, premium capacitors
• Traditional white knobs with gold lettering
• Adjustment wrenches
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Full Walkthrough Build With Trev Wilkinson
