Here is a picture of my build.  It has an Eastwood Airline neck, pickups came out of a Gibson Explorer and has a Gibson Bigsby from the 70's. Used a paper and foil tone cap and this thing screams. I'll be giging with it this weekend.

Thanks!

Doug

April from Illinois sent us this great photo.  She says,

"I thought I'd send you a picture of my seafoam green Jetson guitar.  It's got an old Teisco neck, GFS Retrotron Neck PU, Eastwood Airline VVSC Bridge PU and I taped off the pickguard so you see the seafoam color underneath. Now onto my next res-o build! Thanks for bringing these puppies back!!!

No, thank you April for sharing this information with us! We can't wait to see your next build.

Ben McCombs built the above  one-of-a- kind “Res-O-Surf” guitar. Ben was kind enough to post several of his pictures during his build process at the following blog:   

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/other-guitars-other-instruments/283718-diy-resoglass-guitar.html

Ben had this to say about his build, “I finished building my red Jetsons model. I love it! What I really like about this is first of all it looks fantastic. But also, it's very easy to put the pickups at whatever exact position you want. I was able to test out a variety of positions for the pickups before mounting and settled on having the neck pickup exactly 4" away from the bridge - I liked the sound of that position best. You can't do that with most kits - you have to either live with a default position, or do a lot of work and cut your own custom pickguard and rout the body... this was easy. And it sounds great.”

Proud to send you my Res-O-Glass finished at last!  Thanks for everything! Lots of enjoy.  As you can see, I mounted a GK3 Roland midi adaptor. Maybe I'll order once again this year.

Bests Regards,
Samuel Tasinaje

Troy from the Washington D.C. area built this fine seafoam green Res-O-Glas Guitar with help from his father Ted. They made the Res-O-Glas Guitar using a neck from a Gretsch Jet Club, Guitar Kits USA tailpiece and a pair of Seymour Duncans wired to the "Jimmy Page" configuration using push/pull pots. This was Troy's first build and he had a great time designing and building his own guitar. Upon completion Troy said, "the tone is exceptionally thick, even when both pickups are tapped. Easily the finest guitar I own."

Chris built the single P-90 Res-O-Glas he is shown playing here. It has an Eastwood neck and our pickguard and tailpiece. Chris  was the winner of our first Res-O-Glas giveaway contest and he choose a black Belmont WLT for his prize. We look forward to seeing his next build! Check out his band the Memory Motel at: memorymotel.bandcamp.com he has used this Res-O-Glas Guitar on many of their recordings.

Our customer Robert Watts built the following guitar utilizing a Eastwood neck and pickups, vintage Kay tailpiece and Teisco bridge. He said the following about his build, "I had great success...and I'm having such a blast playing my Res-o-glass guitar, that I have not put it down for 3 months now, literally. I take it to work everyday and play when ever I have time, Most of the parts on the guitar were used stuff I already had or got off Ebay. I love being able to crack open the body any time I want to tweek the electronics. I've alredy changed out the tone capicitors a few times. Sounds great, looks great and I've inspired a buddy of mine to build one". 

Dave is a returning customer who sent us this photo. He explains, "I decided that I initially wanted it to be the antithesis of a Supro (no Knobs). I was going to have one pickup no volume or anything just a blank top and had the idea to call it One. After I had it set up I decided to add a second pickup (for functionality), a switch and one vol still keeping it as sparse and as close to the original idea as I could."   Dave we understand...we love simple. Well done!

We love knobs - and this guitar has plenty of them - and they are located in unique places. Ryan Tucker of California sent us the above photo of his Jetsons Res-O-Glas "R" body in vintage white with white binding, Aztec Tailpiece and three humbucker pickups. This was Ryan's first guitar build and he enlisted a vintage Kay neck for his build. Ryan says, "Thanks a ton for giving me the opportunity to actually own a Res-O-Glas guitar without paying the nightmarish prices that these body styles are commanding on the open market."

Our Res-O-Glas customer Kevin had this to say about his build shown at left..."I'll Definitely be back for more in the future. This thing is ridiculously fun!"

"I went for a Dual Tone look and set up, and I am very happy with it! Everything went very well and the instructions were very good. It plays great and sounds great. The first kid I ever played guitars with had a Supro and I never got it out of my head. I hope there will be more styles offered. Good Luck with your company." - Stephen

Mark from Illinois sends us this photo of his unique build. Mark is an advanced builder and created what is probably the world's only Dobro Res-O-Glas in existence using a Jetson / J.B. Hutto body shape.  He split two kits to get the two-tone body color. We are anxious to see his next build!

 "I totally fell in love with [this] guitar. I could spend hours playing or just looking at her....The handling and the specific res-o-glas sound of the guitar. I was hunting for an adequate vintage guitar about a half year, without finding a guitar with that kind of a broad spectrum of sounds, from Gretschy twang, vintage chime to bluesy muddiness combined with high output, my build has got. I'm so glad that I purchased that product instead of spending another half year for searching after a real vintage guitar - this appeared to be the right decision, although i was quite scared when i opened the package for the 1st time. I never dealt with any aspects of guitar-building and never looked inside an electric guitar. But with the help of your detailed instruction and the experience of my fellow builder Alex, who built a fantastic sounding Supro-Style model, this project was quite achiveable and I learned a lot bout guitars and guitar electronics. Dan, thanks a lot for your product and the really great support, you and all the guys at Guitar Kits USA provide. That for sure won't be my last build!"  - Max, Austria

Paul Built this Jack White / J.B. Hutto Clone using a Res-O-Glas body, tailpiece and pickup rings in conjunction with an Eastwood guitar neck. Nice work Paul!

One of our customers from the U.K. built the  beauty at left. Sixteen year-old musician "Blues Beaten Redshaw" completed this example using a Res-O-Glas fiberglass body, tailpiece and modified pickguard.  He combine our new parts with a 60's harmony pickup, the neck from a 60's Kay, the bridge is from a 60's Top Twenty guitar and the knobs are re-makes of the original Airline model. Not only is this guy a talented musician and builder, but it looks like he could be a photographer too!  Thanks for sharing your build with us!  Visit his site: bluesbeatenredshaw.com

"I am amazed with the quality and finish of your products and I would like to again thank you for the opportunity for me to build my own custom Res-O-Glas Airline" says Redshaw.

"This is my "R-Fancyglas" guitar. The sound is great like the other my vintage Supro res-o-glas, but different. It has more character and versatility. I have built all wood parts using zebrawood ( neck, taipiece , the base of bridge.  Fingerboard and logo on the headstock are ebony wood. I used plastic pearloid material to cover the headstock and taipiece, and to make the pickguard. I used Figured white pearl for inlays. The guitar has a traditional wiring for the vintage supro. It has 2 Seymour Duncan pickups : SP 90-2 (bridge and neck) with 2 indipendent volume control, 2 tone and 1 master volume control. It has another control knob for a passive overdrive. I build guitars and I can tell that this guitar is the best that I have made. The particular sound is given by the body. It has big fat sound, but you can customize your sound if you use different combinations of pickup, different kind of wood, scale lenght,etc. So you'll have your sound!
Thank you Dan! This guitar body is the tool for my art!!!"     

Ralph from Chicago sent us the attached photo. He used a GuitarFetish Surf90 pickup and estimated that his total build cost was about $430. Here's what he had to say...

 
Thanks guys for such a great product.This guitar's tone can't be described in words, but its the tone of what a guitar should sound like. - P.S. The finished product is so beautiful and smooth my girlfriend cried once she saw it completed and her name was on the headstock.

Kevin in California sent us this photo of a two pickup Res-O-Glas customized with just one tone and one volume control. He included the following comments: "The build is now complete and I can't believe the tone I'm getting out of it.... it sounds awesome!  I'm using the Eastwood neck, Eastwood singlecoil pickups, and the Airline/Supro/National rosewood bridge replica you recommend.  Attached is a picture. Thanks a lot for all of your help!"

One of our favorite customers Clint Jackson sent us the photo at left. He has purchased three bodies from us over the last year (a red, a black and one of our ltd. edition orange bodies) This build combines a vintage Supro neck with our body, tailpiece and pickguard. We hope to get more photos of his other builds as they are completed! We'll let him describe this guitar in his own words...

"Here is a pic of the first of three res-o-glas, that I have bought....... I got to say this guitar is FREAKIN SWEET....... I bought an Eastwood Coranado and used the neck and pickups from it. This, is truely a TONE MONSTER, I have been playing for over 15 years and during that time I have had a bad guitar fetish, and have owned every thing under the sun from Vintage to New, Gibson, Fender, etc, etc,etc. I was always unsatified, Then I came along your kits, and I must say "I truly love this guitarr" It is everything I wanted in a guitar!"

Clint's second Res-O-Glas project was completely different from his first. Working with a 2009 limited edition orange body with black binding, he built the guitar at left. To complete his build, Clint used an Eastwood Airline neck with Sperzel lock tuners, a single Lindly Fralin P-90 and 1 vintage Chicken Head knob.

"I must say once again I am totally in love with guitar! This single pickup guitar is a freakin TONE MONSTER. It plays like a dream, I cant get enough of it. I have to split up my playing time between this one and the black double humbucker Res-O-Glas, I got from you guys. I play booth of my Res-o-Glas guitars, thru a vintage Marshall JTM Plexi. I gotta say this guitar, thru that amp is damn near as, good as it gets! IT"S FREAKIN SWEET!!!"

 
"It really did take all the tedious parts out of guitar building...Thanks for making a great kit! Please continue to make more of these fantastic Res-o-glas kits."

Grant in Maryland completed the black Res-O-Glas WL above. He estimate that it cost about $385 to build using a reissue Danelectro neck and GFS pickups. Upon its completion he stated: "It sounds great. Different than a wood guitar, more resonant or something. Bluesy, swamp rocky, garage rocky."

 "I finally finished my Res-O-Glas guitar and man have I been enjoying it! Building the guitar has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done and I hope to build another one real soon. After getting the guitar finished I was so happy with it I took it into the studio with me and recorded lead tracks with it for my bands upcoming album. Thank you so much for bringing Res-O-Glas back and I can't wait to see what you come up with in the future."

 "Now, I built the guitar mainly using your parts and original Valco parts but I also used an Eastwood tone switch cover and a GFS PAF replica for the neck pickup. Hands down this guitar is my new favorite and I can't wait to put some miles on it on the road."

-Jared Claxon

"I'm really pleased with the results - not only is it a beauty but it plays like a dream. I can't recommend your company highly enough - from the quality of your products (everything is topnotch) to your personalized and very fast customer service. I work in the recording industry and am taking every opportunity to recommend your products to colleagues and clients. Thanks again for a great buying experience."

-James, California

This hottie was built by a customer of ours in the San Francisco Bay area. It utilizes a single GFS Dream 180 pickup, All Parts neck and a concentric tone / volume pot.