Partscasters

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:52 pm

http://reverb.com/handpicked/partocasters
reverb made a section just for partscasters

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:55 pm

http://reverb.com/item/134536-custom-b ... on-reduced

its beautiful

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:26 pm

Some of my best guitars have been Partscasters, but the joy is in building them and finally plugging one in and it blows your socks off. I would never buy one and find it strange that people pay big money for them.
Thanks for sharing though, some interesting ideas on there.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:27 pm

Ive never actually built a partscaster, but I want to. Im thinking of building an SH jag.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:37 pm

ykk211 wrote:Ive never actually built a partscaster, but I want to. Im thinking of building an SH jag.

Its easy enough to do these days with all the Squier stuff around and other budget brands.

There are two golden rules; neck pocket size (width, depth, length) and scale length with bridge position. If all these marry up you can do pretty much anything else you like ending up with a unique looking guitar that plays/sounds very well.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:39 pm

Fran wrote:
ykk211 wrote:Ive never actually built a partscaster, but I want to. Im thinking of building an SH jag.
Its easy enough to do these days with all the Squier stuff around and other budget brands.

There are two golden rules; neck pocket size (width, depth, length) and scale length with bridge position. If all these marry up you can do pretty much anything else you like ending up with a unique looking guitar that plays/sounds very well.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna use the VM jag as a starting point.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:15 pm

ykk211 wrote:
Fran wrote:
ykk211 wrote:Ive never actually built a partscaster, but I want to. Im thinking of building an SH jag.
Its easy enough to do these days with all the Squier stuff around and other budget brands.

There are two golden rules; neck pocket size (width, depth, length) and scale length with bridge position. If all these marry up you can do pretty much anything else you like ending up with a unique looking guitar that plays/sounds very well.
Yeah, I think I'm gonna use the VM jag as a starting point.

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:17 pm

ykk211 wrote:http://reverb.com/item/134536-custom-b ... on-reduced
its beautifulrown

Mattsican · Post by **Mattsican** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:32 am

these seem grossly overpriced.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:52 am

For sure.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:07 am

What's the partscaster rule? The finished guitar is worth 1/2 the sum of the parts. Less even, because most are so individual they're of no use to anyone but there person who put them together.

My current go-to guitar is a partscaster. A maple necked Mexican strat with a lipstick in the neck, ceramic in the middle and alnico 5 single coil in the bridge position. And a push-pull to add the bridge pickup out of phase. Getting lots of play out of it, but who else would want that setup?

George · Post by **George** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:11 am

yep, no one wants to pay for your parts or custom guitars. the resale on warmoth kit is fucking awful compared to the initial cost too - eyewatering in fact. but that's where there's some pretty sweet bargains to be had, if you can stomach the aesthetics

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:51 pm

All of these are virtually guaranteed to get blown away performance-wise by the next properly-built, fret-leveled and QC'd Squier/MIM you pick up at GC.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:53 pm

Theyre just fun to look at.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:06 pm

Value wise a lot of these seem to be valued way over what the parts would cost. Lots of them seem to be a bit dodgy too.the sunburst Japanese Fender Strat has an el cheapo sunburst that I've never seen on a Japanese guitar. Most of these seem to be based of the highest you'd ever pay for the parts plus some. And that's if the parts are in fact genuine.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:20 am

like the white tele with the Kermit the Frog pickup. Cool guitar, but the seller doesn't even seem to know if it is really Fender: tele

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:39 am

timhulio wrote:What's the partscaster rule? The finished guitar is worth 1/2 the sum of the parts. Less even, because most are so individual they're of no use to anyone but there person who put them together.

My current go-to guitar is a partscaster. A maple necked Mexican strat with a lipstick in the neck, ceramic in the middle and alnico 5 single coil in the bridge position. And a push-pull to add the bridge pickup out of phase. Getting lots of play out of it, but who else would want that setup?

Very true. Partscasters were made to be played and not sold. Most of the time you lose money selling one. My best guitars too were partscasters.
I love buying them. Best deals and the best players for the money.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:26 am

Seeing what people tend to build with Warmoth parts confirmed something I'd always kind of known; most guitarists have aesthetics of a 10 year old boy with colour blindness.

"SO WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD, RIGHT, WAS A JAGUAR WITH A FLOYD ROSE AND HOT PINK ZEBRA STRIPES I CAN'T BELIEVE FENDER DOESN'T MAKE THIS"

"WHEN ASKED WHAT I WANTED AS CUSTOM INLAYS I WAS ALL SPIDERS ON THE FRETBOARD BRAH"

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:59 pm

ekwatts wrote:hardluck kings

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:01 pm

ekwatts wrote:Seeing what people tend to build with Warmoth parts confirmed something I'd always kind of known; most guitarists have aesthetics of a 10 year old boy with colour blindness.

You're right. Fuck some hot pink zebra stripes, what they should really go for is something with a AAA flame maple top.