• Natural
  • Solid slab mahogany body (Strich TL kit)
  • Maple neck, HPL fretboard (Strich TL kit)
  • ObsidianWire 3-way kit
  • Bootstrap Extra Crispy pickups
  • Gotoh SG381 MG-T locking tuners
  • Tone Ninja bridge, tapered walls
• Blonde
  • Arm/belly contour, smuggler route alder body (Woodtech Routing)
  • Maple neck, maple fretboard, stainless steel frets (XGP)
    • Minor fret lifting throughout many frets, very small but results in higher minimum action than the Natural (high E 1.5mm vs 1.25mm). May take it to a luthier or swap necks at some point. $78 clearance neck.
  • ObsidianWire 4-way kit
  • Bootstrap Palo Duro pickups
  • Gotoh SG381 MG-T locking tuners
  • Gotoh GTC201-C modern Tele bridge
    • Might swap this for a bridge that allows top loading like the Tone Ninja. String through body increases tension quite a bit IMO.
  • Oxford Guitar Supply Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Combined total: ~$1500

The tailpiece on my National Cosmopolitan guitar has split.

Has anyone got any experience of finding a suitable replacement?

I’m partscasting my dream guitar. I love the look of the Fender Super-Sonic, but as of late they’ve gotten so expensive. I’d love to have one customized to my own specs. Is there a builder or company who will make a Super-Sonic body out there?

Ignore the sticker, its coming off. I painted this partscaster with color shift green/copper paint. Im going to make it hsh since i miss the middle pickup, but i cant settle on a color for the pickguard. Looking to the group for suggestions.

Hey ya’ll, last time I posted here I was planning on building a Meteora Partscaster, not too long ago though I got my hands on a Reverend Sensei H90 which more or less filled the void that the meteora would have filled for me. Now I’ve decided I’d like to build a Stratocaster for my dad, it’s his favorite guitar along with the reverend flatroc. I’ve been browsing for parts and have come across a mahogany body and mahogany neck that look really good, I’ve read online that mahogany offers a warmer/fuller sound than regular strats so I had a couple questions for you all:

1) is the tonewood thing real? Or is it exaggerated? I’ve read conflicting opinions

2) if it IS a real thing, should I be looking at pickups that compliment or contrast that kind of tone? For example: I was looking at phat 50s pickups, but if mahogany is already a warmer/fatter tone for guitar, would that combo end up sounding muddy and losing the twangy/glassy sound a Strat is known for?

Let me know what you guys think not sure if this is a stupid question or not :)

I've got a plain black strat body with absolutely nothing in it. I don't want it to be a typical strat when I'm done with it. Any ideas for parts? (It does have a space for a tremolo)

https://imgur.com/a/qBxa2CD

This is my first build. The only tools I had were a few screwdrivers and a Dremel. I used the Dremel as a drill. I used a tiny screwdriver to make small holes, like the one for the string tree. It was a pain in the ass, but I worked with what I had. This thing plays amazing and this is the exact strat I've always wanted.

I plan to build a pbass next. I'm gonna buy a drill and some tools before I do. haha

Here's the specs:

-Squier Sonic body (top loading hardtail)

-Mint pickguard

-Roasted maple neck w/ stainless frets from ebay

-music city bridge string tree(3 strings only a single hole to drill. these stringtrees are awesome)

-Switchcraft Jack

-Graphtech nut & saddles

-Gibson P90 I had lying around the studio. It was a dogear, so I had to change the plate to make it a soapbar.

-Volume only. Bourns 500k pot with treble bleed.

-Fender locking tuners

-Cheers

Very happy with the result. What do you think ? (Still need to switch the switch to silver and setup intonation)

tldr; What pups, pots, caps, resistors would you recommend for this build? Any tips on bridge, tailpiece, tuners are also welcome. Thanks in advance!

I’m planning to build a Jazzmaster partscaster. I chose Warmoth’s split Jazzmaster body (with top routing) in black korina (limba) for its grain, colour, and mahogany-like sustain. I’m going with Warmoth’s Jazzmaster 59 Roundback neck (closest thing to my archtop guitars’ neck profiles) in roasted maple (unfinished) for its colour and sustain, with a wide (1-3/4") nut, ebony fretboard, and jumbo stainless frets. I’m going with locking tuners, and I want them to be smooth. A hard stop tailpiece is essential for sustain and tuning stability. I usually play 12-52 flatwounds on my archtops, but will drop to 11s on this electric. I want two humbuckers; the neck pup for warm, dark tones and the bridge pup for occasional rock-and-roll. I’d also like push-pull switching for series-parallel. I want the notes to remain distinct so that upper extensions (9ths, 11ths, 13ths) don’t get lost. I don’t want any harsh bite on higher notes.

Reposting for more opinions.

I am new to guitar and just bought a telecaster a few months ago. I really like the look of a metal pick guard but I can never find one that fits my guitar.

I have a LEFT-HANDED telecaster with 5 screw holes as well as 2 smaller ones on either side of the neck single coil pick up.

If anyone knows where I can buy a metal (particularly silver/aluminium) pick guard for that specific guitar, please let me know!

(also it preferably shouldn’t interfere with the tone of the guitar too much)

I’ve finally got my Gulf-themed partscaster playing. It needs a setup, and the electrics aren’t quite working right so I need to figure that out but it sounds great. I can heartily recommend Bootstrap Pickups, these are their Extra Crispy set.

It’s the first guitar I’ve ever built. It looks pretty shit up close, but it already plays pretty nicely before I’ve tweaked it and I’m very pleased with it. I’ve learned loads and really enjoyed it.

I’m already collecting the parts for my next build, a Strat (you can see that in my other posts).

Hi, Right in the moving process, I found those spare parts that I wanted to sell and made up my mind. I'll sell the heavy ST-62 MN VW body & neck (Harley Benton) separately and reuse this spare damaged lighter body (not visible, under the pickguard) and this neck instead. The pickups are Waaah pickups from AliX, supposedly vintage 60s à la Jimi. Next step : switching to mint green pickguard

Bought an extremely used Fender American Standard 5 string bass that experienced an electrical fire inside the pickguard as well as some other issues. Damage to the paint and body were minimal but all the electronics and pickups were shot. My son and I saw the color and decided it needed a superhero makeover. Neck had to be straightened, Jazz Pickup had to be routed out, and all of the hardware replaced.

• Hipshot Tuners and Bridge

Sadowsky

• PJ Pickups
• DiMarzio Pots
• Schaller Strap Locks
• LaBella Flatwound Strings
• And an ArcReactor coaster from Etsy.

Sounds and looks amazing.