Build Your Dream Partscaster Guitar!
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- Building a partscaster is a great way to get the customized guitar you've always dreamed of, and learn essential lutherie skills along the way. In this video, our guest Dan Petrzelka shows how to build a custom t-style partscaster, step-by-step, so you can follow along at home.
0:00 Gathering Parts
3:09 Body and Neck Considerations
6:11 The Truss Rod
7:08 Choosing Tuners
9:33 Installing Tuners
17:47 String Ferrules
19:53 Strap Buttons
21:56 Body & Neck Alignment
25:06 The Bridge
26:56 The Bridge Pickup
30:27 Approximating Intonation
31:29 The Neck Pickup
33:52 Control Plate Selection
37:41 Wiring the Control Plate
44:06 Installing the Pickguard
50:15 The Output Jack
52:28 Final Wiring
54:59 Knobs and Switch Tips
57:07 Fret Buffing and Fretboard Cleaning
57:42 Final Alignment
58:15 The String Tree
59:00 Setup
1:05:51 Pickup Height
1:07:00 Sound Demo
Photos used with permission from Getty Images and Nina Raj (@ninaraj).
Check out Dan's article on our website, with even more information about building partscasters: www.stewmac.com/video-and-ide...
Parts and tools featured in this video include:
Fender Deluxe Telecaster Body
www.stewmac.com/item/6576-B
Fender Classic Series 50s Telecaster Neck
www.stewmac.com/item/5931-M
Kluson 6-In-Line Deluxe Series Tuners
www.stewmac.com/item/5177-N
Vintage-style Tuner Bushings
www.stewmac.com/item/3461
Luthier's Digital Caliper
www.stewmac.com/item/0447
StewMac Shop Rule
www.stewmac.com/item/4905
Tuner Bushing Press
www.stewmac.com/item/0460
Depth-stop Drill Bits
www.stewmac.com/item/1710
GuitarSlinger Aged Strap Buttons
www.stewmac.com/item/100825
Fender 3-Saddle American Vintage Telecaster Bridge with Brass Saddles
www.stewmac.com/item/3228-C
Compensated Bridge Saddles for Tele
www.stewmac.com/item/5167
Saddlematic
www.stewmac.com/item/4462
TV Jones Classic Pickup
www.stewmac.com/item/6536
Golden Age Pre-wired Harness for Telecaster
www.stewmac.com/item/1931
CTS Control Pots
www.stewmac.com/item/0116
CRL Lever Switch
www.stewmac.com/item/2000
Fender Vintage Tele Control Plate
www.stewmac.com/item/10087
Tele Pickguard
www.stewmac.com/item/0061
Electrosocket Jack Mount
www.stewmac.com/item/4284
GuitarSlinger Aged String Tree
www.stewmac.com/item/100823
Digital Nut Slotting Gauge
www.stewmac.com/item/12203
String Action Gauge
www.stewmac.com/item/0670
Neck Relief Gauge
www.stewmac.com/item/2004
Gauged Nut Slotting Files
www.stewmac.com/item/0821
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You’ll never love a guitar more than a partscaster you assembled yourself !
I have a lot of partcasters but I love my firefly G3 copy the best it plays like butter. Action is so low.
I have 3 I've put together my favorite guitars
For me this Is so true! Call me crazy, i would never change my
partscaster for a custom shop either. Why? Because I LOVE IT SOOO MUTCH! As i would never change my wife with any top model worldwide. Because i love her!
I fully agree. Love mine.
Just finished my first and I already have it in my will to be buried with it.
A friend of mine taught a soldering course for the USAF. I took his class, and one major takeaway, briefly addressed in this video during the jack plate install, is to ALWAYS crimp your wire for a solder joint. Make a good mechanical connection, then flux and solder as per normal. The likelihood of a cold solder joint (not shiney when cooled) goes down considerably, and it will help you manage gilding everything together while soldering....as often we wish for a 3rd hand. Also, tinning your wire and the connection point gelp make professional results. Merely flux and put a dab of solder on each connection before you connect them
I've built dozens of partscasters thus far and I was enthralled by this video. It's always fun to brush up on the essentials and even pick up a few new ways of doing things as well. Great content as always.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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as someone who has experience in building partcaster, could you tell me, is it possible to build a les paul junior dc with a strat neck?
This is the best THE BEST video tutorial on building a guitar on UA-cam. The Most educational and informative video on UA-cam. And trust me I have seen many guitar builds.
This is without a doubt one of the best setup videos ever made. Kudos Stew Mac. Great tools, great videos.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment.
As a tradesman across multiple disciplines, i appreciate all the pro tips. It takes years to learn all these types of techniques without a pro sharing what they learned the hard way. Even in my apprenticeships, i rarely had journeymen so willing to help a newb make professional choices
This has to be the BEST guitar build/setup video I have ever watched. Clear explanations and demonstrations, chapters for each step, loads of "tips" for getting around potential problems. Great job StewMac! 👍👍👍
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
Built my parts caster over 20 years ago with Stew Mac parts still my favorite.
SO glad to hear it!
The timing of this video couldn't be more perfect! I'm working on a parts caster right now!
Killer! Good luck with your build! Hope this video can be of help.
Me too!
LOL I am at 22 minutes and totally hooked on this vid.
Every single guitar player should watch this video. So good !!! Kudos to this guy!! I stopped missing Dan for a while 😁
I absolutely love these longer videos! Please do more! Thank you StewMac!
We like them too, they take a lot longer to make though. We have several more in our queue, as well as a few projects that will be multi part series. 😎
@@stewmac 🤟😝🤟❤️🎸
This video is a complete course on not only building a partscaster or kit but also setting up any guitar. Very detailed and easy to follow! This this is pure gold!
Thank you, so happy you found it useful
I've been building and repairing guitars for over 20 years and I will say, this is a great video! Very thorough!
Couldn't believe I watched the whole vid in one sitting, this was a great video
StewMac produced videos are so pleasing to watch. First I thought it was the way Dan Erlewine spoke. But I noticed that all the people who appear in StewMac videos have this very pleasing to the ear way of speaking. So props to the Dans and also to the producers, especially the editor. You make the best videos, and I really enjoyed the music for the "Wiring the control plate" section.
Thanks so much. We really appreciate your comment! We try to put a lot of love into these videos. Cheers!
Back in the day of paper cataloges I called stewmac with questions. I asked to speak with Dan and believe it or not he picked up. He was a gentleman and patiently answered my questions. He is one cool guy without the ego. That was back in the 1980's. I am still at it and still appreciate people like Dan.
Looks and sounds amazing
Dude. You the Bob Ross of guitars. So calming 😌 😆
Been loving these in depth long form tutorials you guys have been putting out lately
Thanks.
Great timing. Been thinking about this project for a while. Thanks!
Great video in the right time for me. Thanks!
This video was sooo well done! 👏
He’s so passionate about luthiery.
Really enjoyed the video!
Thanks!
Fantastic video …superbly produced … thankyou very much!
Outstanding Video. Such a sweet build thanks.
man this video is GOLD thank you!
This is the most informative build video on the tube.
That control plate was done so clean 🤌🤌
This is so relaxing and cool. Partscasters are so rewarding.
Excellent narration and demonstration. 😎👍
Bloody brilliant loads of help and tips I would not have thought of. I’m building my first tele parts caster at the moment so thank you very much 😄
best solder job I've seen done in many a year
Wow, what a video. This must have taken a tonne of work. Thanks for making this for us!
This is very cool! I've never built one and am getting excited about doing it. Appreciate you guys spending the the time to produce this. The editing was long and tedious on something this length. That's what I do for a living and appreciate the job you guys did on shooting, producing and editing. Its very well done. Kudos! Thanks for making this.
Really appreciate the feedback! It definitely takes some hours making it happen, as you know, but it's also a ton of fun. Good luck on your build!
Did you do it? :)
I have found that working on guitars/basses you need to have a similar approach like in kit model building, kind of. It's a mixture of woodworking and model building approaches and skills.
@@janneboman8573 not yet. Been really busy with work. Soon!
Reverse engineer a stratocaster
This is the way to show how to do things....clear as clear water. Great demo video indeed !!!!
Such an amazing DIY
I love how excited he gets about guitars!
One of the most interesting and informative vids I've seen on UA-cam. Loved it!!
wow this video is just great. Thank you for the insight and all the detailed information. I've learned so much
wow this is so well explained👏
Excellent video. Best I’ve ever seen!
Fantastic! Definitly gonna built a partcaster following precisely your instructions. Thanks a lot for this masterwork of video!
I built my strat/partscaster. I love it and loved doing it
this is legit one of those good dreams you wish wouldn't end
Great instructional video with a fantastic host. What a beautiful guitar. Thanks!
wow ! it really does sound great ! that bridge p-up is pure gold
This is an absolutely top video. I definitely want to make a partscaster now. 🙏
I don't think instructional videos get any better than this. 10/10. THANK YOU!
thank you
I’ve searched for days to find a video like this, thank you! I’ve got all the parts in the post for my very first project next week. Nervous and excited all at the same time!!
Wow that´s very impressive - great stuff! 🎸 🎸🎸
Great looking Tele!!! and Dan Erlewine is so cool!!!, stay up until the end guys!!
Oh great…I’m already so time poor … and yet you have enthused me so much that I have to add a partscaster to my workload.
I thought this video would offer me nothing new. How wrong I was. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent.
What an amazing Video of the technique in building a Partscaster! Applause, Applause 👏 👏 👏 Congratulations 🎉
This guitar is a gem!
I've been planning to build my next guitar, and this has been the video I've seen with lots of great tips on issues that I hadn't considered before. I particularly appreciated the segment on electronics, which is the part that is scaring me the most. Great video, Thanks!
Great guide, I have some experience with partscasters but I didn't know some of your tricks
I didn't know I could ever watch the entire video.That was great information.
Thank you for the help Hassan
This was an amazing video! Subscription earned.
That was an hour and ten minutes of pure joy . An incredibly well produced and thought out build video...
Man, you just cant dislike this awesome video. So completed! He even makes examples of worst scenarios we may meet to teach us how to deal with. Thank you sir!
Best tutorial for a guitarbuild out there!
One day when I have a workspace large enough.. I will come back to this video haha. But it's fun to watch anyway. Very informative
I learn whole lot of new things like tools, Technics, secrets.. this documentary(if I call it you-tube video your great effort is under estimated) is worth watch again... really inspirational. thanks.
Dan's the man!
I like how Stew Mac just lets random dudes wander the warehouse, and employees will just give them whatever parts they ask for.
most educational video ever. Especially the setup is the most valliuable for me.
Awesome, thank you!
I recently tried my first time at guitar modding with a complete hardware refresh and this video came in handy! I now have a p90 strat with a tune-o-matic. Love this video 👍👍
Good work.
Finally someone who can solder and uses good quality tools.
keep it up thanks.
Wow, and then Dan shows up.
I learned from his books.
Thanks for all the tips.
I started building electric guitars when I was a kid. 1973 I was 14. The body shop at the local Chevy dealer painted my bodies. Fenders were easy to assemble. Your methods and techniques have a lot more finesse then the way we used to do it. Thank you for the lesson. Excellent video.
Amazing video, loved watching it! :D
this is what I've been needing for my Stewmac Telecaster kit I've been putting off building
that is beautiful work....thank you
This is the best instructional video I have ever seen. You make me want to build my own partscaster and I dont even need one. Thanks
Thank you so much for all the info!! What a great video!! So i just turned 40, and I played for a year or so as a teen then my immature impatience took over. Now I’ve got back into playing guitar and it’s been so much fun and has been great for the soul/well being! Videos like this and all the other amazing guitar/gear channels on UA-cam have made this round of playing guitar so much more user friendly and informative!! I just received a seafoam green bullet Tele today and I’m going to do my first partscaster (HotRodcaster) 😜 and this video will help immensely!!! Thanks again for all the great videos and Info all you guys share!
Love it! What an amazing build!
Thanks!
Start to finish. No dull moments. Even though the actual wiring for the pick ups selection were not shown (trade secret), one can get the feel of how it is to do wiring on a guitar.
It is very satisfying. Once the guitar was plugged in and works, so precious.
I have 3 guitars, 2 are "Fenders" and they came out great! I started building them to get the specs I wanted and am glad I took the plunge.
Excellent video! You inspired me to build my own Tele! 🤗
I am filling my shopping cart @ Stew Mac while I watch this video.
Yes, a 3-saddle bridge is more challenging to intonate than a modern 6-saddle.
But, the three-saddle design allows the "partner string" on the shared saddle to resonate when the other string on that saddle is plucked. This contributes to that "Tele-twang" we all know and love! 🤗
Thanks for the lively yet comprehensive guide. Lol back then i have to trial and error everything!
When I assembled a baritone Jazzmaster partscaster I was hooked. Did a 2000s jazz bass body with a sadowsky preamp and 70’s jazz neck from allparts. Beats anything off the assembly line!
Great video! Your instructions and pro tips were outstanding! Encouraged me to be try to do my own setups…the right way!
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video! I just finished my partscaster tele yesterday! The StewMac videos with the Driftwood guys helped me refinish the body!
Huge congrats to you! We're so glad these series have been helpful resources. Enjoy your new tele!
Wow! I was riveted to the screen the entire time! Just amazing!😊
Thank you
Nice and snug! :D Your soldering job was awesome, might guess you did this once before. And you're such a nice person, i enjoyed every minute of it.
I don't know If I will ever make a guitar by myself, but what I do know is that I learned so much about and electric guitar from this vedio, the parts, the alignments, the connection all that was a great stuff!
Great video. One of the best I've seen. Explained simply and thoroughly. I'm ready to start on a Parts Caster. I was going to do a Strat body but think I'll do a Tele now. Thanks.
Killer! Good luck with it! Happy this video was helpful.
I was just about to built a complete telecaster myself, and this was just the video I needed!! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Killer! Hope it can be of use to you. Good luck with your tele build!
@@stewmac thanks a lot! already started with the neck, going for a matt black finish. hope my vision checks out!
thanks for doing this step by step video, it answers so many of those little questions i have never seen answered in guitar build videos before. extremely helpful. now i feel confident to start my own oartacaster build.
Awesome! Best of luck with your build!
Fantastic Tutorial Thanks.....
The master came by to say hey!
What a great video!!
Omg this would be THE DREAM ❤️❤️❤️😀
I learned via trying to do wristwatch repairs that you’ve always got to get the best quality tools for the job.
Your choice of riffs is right down my alley! I really appreciated the Three Dog Night stuff. I stopped in to check out RS Guitarworks not even looking to buy anything but ended up putting a down payment on a KV silver sparkle slab so waiting like a kid at Christmas
Great video! ❤
There's so much good information I hadn't even considered in this video and so much I didn't know. I had 2 buillds turn into 3 and then 4 because I kept swapping out parts or didn't want nice hardware gathering dust, and didn't plan ahead. I finally decided to do a baritone offset tele, a early 60s strat, a strat modded to the gills and a more conventional tele (with specs to be determined).
I'll never forget the day I got that one figured . By accident it was lol. 1978. Thanks for the memory man!!🙂
Just more beautiful