You’ll never love a guitar more than a partscaster you assembled yourself !

@shartne

Жыл бұрын

I have a lot of partcasters but I love my firefly G3 copy the best it plays like butter. Action is so low.

@slaytanic777

Жыл бұрын

I have 3 I've put together my favorite guitars

@ablegrei7050

Жыл бұрын

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!

@jimtalltheislandbrothers6639

Жыл бұрын

I fully agree. Love mine.

@Blinkerd00d

Жыл бұрын

Just finished my first and I already have it in my will to be buried with it.

This is the best THE BEST video tutorial on building a guitar on KZread. The Most educational and informative video on KZread. And trust me I have seen many guitar builds.

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.

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@cristobalcea9260

9 ай бұрын

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@mityasokolay4177

6 ай бұрын

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?

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

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

This is without a doubt one of the best setup videos ever made. Kudos Stew Mac. Great tools, great videos.

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment.

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! 👍👍👍

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

The timing of this video couldn't be more perfect! I'm working on a parts caster right now!

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Killer! Good luck with your build! Hope this video can be of help.

@rfendlen

5 ай бұрын

Me too!

Every single guitar player should watch this video. So good !!! Kudos to this guy!! I stopped missing Dan for a while 😁

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!

@danielpetrzelka1460

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so happy you found it useful

I absolutely love these longer videos! Please do more! Thank you StewMac!

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

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. 😎

@Krullmatic

Жыл бұрын

@@stewmac 🤟😝🤟❤️🎸

This is by far the best video on guitar building I have ever watched!

I've been building and repairing guitars for over 20 years and I will say, this is a great video! Very thorough!

Gotta be most professional assembly I've seen! Amazing professional work.

This is the way to show how to do things....clear as clear water. Great demo video indeed !!!!

Been loving these in depth long form tutorials you guys have been putting out lately

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

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!

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.

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. We really appreciate your comment! We try to put a lot of love into these videos. Cheers!

@salmonti9707

Жыл бұрын

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.

Great instructional video with a fantastic host. What a beautiful guitar. Thanks!

Built my parts caster over 20 years ago with Stew Mac parts still my favorite.

@stewmac

3 ай бұрын

SO glad to hear 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!

This is the most informative build video on the tube.

I don't think instructional videos get any better than this. 10/10. THANK YOU!

@danielpetrzelka1460

Жыл бұрын

thank you

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 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 👍👍

best solder job I've seen done in many a year

He’s so passionate about luthiery. Really enjoyed the video!

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

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!

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.

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.

Fantastic video! I just finished my partscaster tele yesterday! The StewMac videos with the Driftwood guys helped me refinish the body!

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Huge congrats to you! We're so glad these series have been helpful resources. Enjoy your new tele!

I was just about to built a complete telecaster myself, and this was just the video I needed!! THANK YOU SO MUCH

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Killer! Hope it can be of use to you. Good luck with your tele build!

@inventorsyndrome8894

Жыл бұрын

@@stewmac thanks a lot! already started with the neck, going for a matt black finish. hope my vision checks out!

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 😄

this is what I've been needing for my Stewmac Telecaster kit I've been putting off building

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!!

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.

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

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!

@janneboman8573

9 ай бұрын

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.

@ernieficklin3593

9 ай бұрын

@@janneboman8573 not yet. Been really busy with work. Soon!

@missingremote4388

7 ай бұрын

Reverse engineer a stratocaster

Fantastic! Definitly gonna built a partcaster following precisely your instructions. Thanks a lot for this masterwork of video!

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.

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Best of luck with your build!

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.

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 KZread 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!

That was an hour and ten minutes of pure joy . An incredibly well produced and thought out build video...

Couldn't believe I watched the whole vid in one sitting, this was a great video

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.

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.

Good work. Finally someone who can solder and uses good quality tools. keep it up thanks.

What an amazing Video of the technique in building a Partscaster! Applause, Applause 👏 👏 👏 Congratulations 🎉

I'm currently modding a Tele (everything except the body and neck), and this video was THE MOST detailed I've seen... I'm out of words... Just awesome! Thank you!

@stewmac

25 күн бұрын

That’s awesome! So glad it helped!

I love how excited he gets about guitars!

This is so relaxing and cool. Partscasters are so rewarding.

I love me some flipped controls on a Tele! First thing I do on mine! ✌🏼❤️🥩🦞🍻

what an amazing presentation

Wow, what a video. This must have taken a tonne of work. Thanks for making this for us!

most educational video ever. Especially the setup is the most valliuable for me.

Great video in the right time for me. Thanks!

Great timing. Been thinking about this project for a while. Thanks!

That control plate was done so clean 🤌🤌

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

That was the most informative guitar build and set-up video I have ever watched. I have a frankencaster... looks like a 70's strat (with a drop-dead gorgeous 2 tone sunburst body and a very less than average maple neck with the big 70's headstock) but it has no identifying marks whatsoever. I've owned it for 36 years (actually it was my first guitar!). After gathering dust for a very long time I decided to have a go at making it into a nice guitar... electrical clean-up, neck relief, fret leveling and filing the sharp edges, action, intonation, and it's already way better than it ever was before. I can't swap the neck out for a nice new one sadly as the neck pocket on the body is non-standard. Nothing will fit apart from the one its got. So new pickups next... and maybe a refret and take the laquer off the fretboard while I'm at it. Now I've watched your video I may have another go at the neck relief and action... Thank you!

One of the most interesting and informative vids I've seen on KZread. Loved it!!

Fantastic video …superbly produced … thankyou very much!

I learned via trying to do wristwatch repairs that you’ve always got to get the best quality tools for the job.

Looks and sounds amazing

I didn't know I could ever watch the entire video.That was great information.

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. I have become addicted to building parts casters. It's fun and doesn't require me to be a master luthier. Honestly, I enjoy them more being that they are built to my liking. . 🤘

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, building them can be quite addictive.

Outstanding Video. Such a sweet build thanks.

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! 🤗

Great looking Tele!!! and Dan Erlewine is so cool!!!, stay up until the end guys!!

Great guide, I have some experience with partscasters but I didn't know some of your tricks

Viewed this video and was very impressed in several ways. The man in the video spoke very clearly and precisely. The assembly was nicely done and the results were fantastic.

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

wow this video is just great. Thank you for the insight and all the detailed information. I've learned so much

I built my strat/partscaster. I love it and loved doing it

Stewmac for president(s)!! Just love these videos! I have started to build my first guitar, a telecaster, and went in here to get more education and information about different things. Now I can finish my guitar with confidence. SNUG is my new word to use when I build guitars from now on! THANKS as always! Robert Sweden

Excellent video. Best I’ve ever seen!

Wow! I was riveted to the screen the entire time! Just amazing!😊

@danielpetrzelka1460

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great video! Your instructions and pro tips were outstanding! Encouraged me to be try to do my own setups…the right way!

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This video was sooo well done! 👏

Excellent narration and demonstration. 😎👍

Dude. You the Bob Ross of guitars. So calming 😌 😆

Best tutorial for a guitarbuild out there!

Excellent video you do everything I do on my build except I use copper shield inside the pickup cavities and the control cavity and I use a puretone output jack. You are very informative and you built a very beautiful guitar

most detailed and informative video. Thank you very much, sir.

On the fence on doing my own build, this pushed me over. Great job.

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Go for it! It's such a fun project.

Awesome, thank you!

Love it! What an amazing build!

@stewmac

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Such an amazing DIY

This was an amazing video! Subscription earned.

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

man this video is GOLD thank you!

This is an absolutely top video. I definitely want to make a partscaster now. 🙏

Great video post by Dan Petrzelka and StewMac. The only thing I would add is: 1. Bundle all the parts and weigh the assemblage. That way if you can route under the pickguard area to reduce weight. 2. Copper foil cover the routing (bottom and sides) and the underside of the pickguard. Make sure all the foil is electrically connected by leaving little tabs for contact and add a soldered copper ground wire connected to ground. This assures hum cancellation.

Amazing video, loved watching it! :D

wow this is so well explained👏

Great video! ❤

Wow that´s very impressive - great stuff! 🎸 🎸🎸

Watching this back over a second time. Originally it was just an interesting video but this time I’ve finished a Strat body and neck and am ready to build

Adjusting pickup height, I always use Bill Lawrence’s spec. He was the man!

Never built a guitar in my life but funny i played a telecaster in a guitar shop yesterday now this video got me thinking

that is beautiful work....thank you