Combine Newsletter - July 2026
June's Guitar of the Month Winner!
We’re pleased to announce that Z. Campbell is the latest winner of our Guitar of the Month contest!
Curious about his process? Here is his story:
"Throwing my hat in the ring for Guitar of the Month!
Wanted to get into building guitars and the Headless 6-String caught my eye - headless felt fresh and different, so why not start there. First build, jumped in, had a great time.
For the finish I turned to my wonderful fiancé and rolled the dice. She went for a full cosmos hand painted starry swirl in deep purples, reds, and teal. The natural wood binding, and stars were made by spreading/flicking candle wax over the body, painting and then removing the wax to reveal the natural wood.
Attaching a few shots including one with Rosa, the shop foredog and unofficial quality control.
Solid kit. Already thinking about the next one. Thanks for a good experience guys." - Z. Campbell
Z's win has earned him up to 50% off the base price of his next DIY Guitar Kit, and his build has been shared on our website and social media!
His guitar is built using Combine's Multiscale Headless 6-String Bass Kit.
Latest 5-Star Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Check out the latest review of our Multiscale Headless 7-String Guitar Kit!
"I'm a pretty novice guitar builder, and the kit came very quickly, all the components were high quality, the upper fret access was perfect. I've never had a guitar with a bolt on neck that I can comfortably reach the 24th fret with my ring finger. The only minor gripe I have, is that the angle of the output jack is a bit awkward, but that can easily be fixed by using a 90 degree cable. I was a bit skeptical of how the pickups would sound, since I'm used to pickups that come with build kits being very iffy, but the bridge was a great high output for modern metal sounds, and the neck was surprisingly warm and mellow, reminds me of using an EMG 81/60 combo. Moving up the body, the neck is perfect, frets came amazingly leveled, and for the price of the kit, having a genuine 5 piece neck is practically a steal! I love the staggered offset dots for the inlay, and as someone who usually doesn't like abalone, it's nice to see at least my neck didn't have a lot of color variation. The only thing I would have changed, is slightly spacing the strings out ever so slightly more, not for playing sake, but purely for tuning ease, the tuners feel ever so slightly too close, like they're grinding on each other.
TL;DR: Amazing kit with only the most minor of problems
9.75/10: Slightly sand down the nut edges, ever so slightly space the strings out buy like .2mm, and it's a 10/10." - Connor G.
July's Guitar of the Month Contest
We know you're all busy working away on your builds, and we expect some of you will complete them in time to enter July's Guitar of the Month contest! The winner will receive up to 50% off the base price of their next DIY Guitar Kit, and their build will be shared on our website and social media.