You can now build an affordable Res-O-Glas Guitar that surpasses the original in tone, look and feel. Each Res-O-Glas Guitar body is designed and hand-built in the United States, using premium components like our select, hard-maple center blocks and hand-finished fiberglass tops and backs.
Our bodies and modular components allow for countless designs and configurations, and we’ve eliminated the lame parts of guitar building – routing, sanding and painting. Our limited production runs help ensure that you won’t see another Res-O-Glas soon, and it will only appreciate in value as time goes on.
Having used an original specimen to make our Res-O-Glas molds, our semi-hollow, fiberglass bodies are built according to vintage Valco specs from the 1960s. However, we didn't just make a carbon copy. We improved several parts from the original design, strengthening the guitar and improving its playability in the process. A completed Belmont Res-O-Glas Guitar body weighs approximately 3.75lbs.
The two-part Res-O-Glas body is ideal for modifications. Unlike any other guitar, you can easily access the underside of your guitar by simply removing the four screws that join the body together and pulling the two body halves apart. You can swap and rewire pickups with ease.
Guitar body is shipped unassembled and should be treated as a guitar building project that will require time to assemble and the additional purchase of several key parts (that we do not sell) to complete. A detailed instructional manual with photos is included with each Res-O-Glas Guitar body. The manual covers the design and assembly of the Res-O-Glas body, but does not include any wiring diagrams. Considering the build level for this project (lower intermediate), it is assumed that the builder already knows this information and with all of the possible parts that the body can accept, it is impossible to include instructions for every possible design layout.
Your purchases includes:
- two-piece body with select hard maple center
- white stripe body trim/binding
- body hardware including strap buttons, screws
- 17-page instruction manual
