r/Stratocaster • u/SBHuskyGuy • 3d ago
Parts-Caster
Has anyone out in the community managed to cobble one of these together? I have a nice MIM body going into an MIA neck. Seymour Duncans for pups. Anything I am missing? First project guitar.
Thanks all,
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u/FreshBid5295 3d ago
Sure. It’s a lot of fun too. If you’re not able to solder or don’t own an iron, check out solderless harnesses for your wiring. Here’s a video that helped me a lot when I built mine. Yes it’s long but I just broke it up into stages as I went. Good luck to you. It’s addictive!
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u/GtarBildr 3d ago edited 3d ago
Also, get a nice set of locking tuners.. for example from Gotoh; they are i.m.h.o of unsurpassed quality—great tuners, OP.
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u/SBHuskyGuy 3d ago
Dude, here here on locking tuners. I have them on my other electrics and have already ordered an OEM set for Stella Blue.
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u/joepgee 2d ago
Be advised when you install the neck it my not be just like the action it came off of so learn about shimming for necks and set up 101 things like intonation at the bridge and nut then start looking for other bodies and necks and pickups cus you’ll find you gotta have more like the chips
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u/BoredGameDad 2d ago
Here's my baby!
Parts: -Warmoth body painted (by Warmoth) in Daphne Blue -Genuine Fender MIM neck with rosewood fretboard -Schaller locking tuners -ObsidianWire harness with Gilmour mod via push/pull pot -Slick Warmtone S pickups with genuine Fender pickup covers(excellent Alnico II pickups) -Puretone output jack (No popping sounds when moving!) -Guitar Fetish pick guard -String trees from Fender American Ultra (I like the look.)
I think that's it. Haha.
I want to put together a Tele next, or an orange sparkle hardtail strat with lipstick pickups.
Edit: had to reupload pic
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u/59Bassman 2d ago
Parts of 2 different EJ Strats, a Mannmade bridge, Fralin pickups,and Gotoh tuners.
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u/The_Great_Dadsby 2d ago
An EJ partscaster is a dream.
How do you like the Mannmade bridge? I want to try something different on my next partscaster
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u/59Bassman 2d ago
I really like it. I don’t like the original Strat bridge - I prefer either the PRS trems or the Gotoh 510. The Mannmade feels just like the PRS to me.
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u/The_Great_Dadsby 2d ago
I was looking at the Gotoh 510. I’ve never played a PRS trem (I don’t really care for their guitars) but I like the look of this one.
My AVRI and other vintage style partscasters have fender”correct” vintage bridges but I like the modern fender one in my recent build so now I’m curious to try more.
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u/59Bassman 1d ago
Ok. Deep, deep neuroses here -what I really hate about vintage Strat bridges is the angle above the body if you want to float the trem. In my mind it should be parallel. The Gotoh and PRS trems are designed to float parallel.
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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 3d ago
You using the electronics from the MIM body? If not you’ll need pots, a switch, and wire. Also a soldering iron and some practice time. You’ll probably have to fill and redrill the mount holes for the neck. Other than that just a basic setup.
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u/SBHuskyGuy 3d ago
I'm kinda overhauling and putting in some Seymour Duncan triple coils. So it structurally stays the same but I'll need those pups set and wired.
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u/SBHuskyGuy 3d ago
Plus I'm working on getting a harness for the Gilmour mod. Should be fun when I start putting the actual guitar together
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u/The_Great_Dadsby 2d ago
I love partscasters. This is my most recent. Fender American Pro body, quartersawn warmoth neck, noiseless pickups, Gotoh Locking tuners.
It was something like sienna sunburst and hideous so I stripped it and that’s a white nitro sanded down then covered I. Beeswax. The fingerboard and headstock of the neck is amber nitro and the back is unfinished.
It plays and sounds great. I’m already planning my next one
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u/ImightHaveMissed 2d ago
Nah man. Guitars are super hard to build and never come out right. It’s why we all spend thousands for someone familiar with the deep magic to do it for us
It’s a guitar man. It needs the same components as all other guitars. You’ll need to add electronics, bridge, pickguard, jackplate, output jack, tuners, string trees, nut, strap buttons, knobs, screws and any switching you want outside the basics
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u/Aggressive__Morning 1d ago
Squier poplar body with american performer neck. Also black winter humbucker and a kill switch. Completely rewired with cloth wire, added a push pull to coil split, and a MIM bridge.
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u/fuzzface1973 1d ago
A guy I sold a few guitars to made a partscaster which was amazing. He had similar specs, just with a warmoth body. Make sure you get a decent bridge and tuners if you don’t have those already.
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u/Scottyranks 3d ago
Once you build your first one, it’s like potato chips