The home built and partscaster appreciation thread

paulnb57

Body by Fat Pete Figured Ash top, Mex Strat neck, lockers, Tele half bridge, Mojotron at the bridge, Creamery SC size P90 at the neck, pull pot pickup selection

CountryDave

@paulnb57 I love those ‘reverse’ strats.
Might have to give one of those a go at some point.
The rest are also super cool.

markblack

body - unbranded strat a mate gave me from his loft.
neck - cheap one off ebay.
Pickup - creamery staple mini HB



Body - made from an old piece of oak worktop.
Neck - S/H off ebay - from a Vintage Icon serires.
Pickup - Oil City Whapping wharf.



Body - made from a cheap blank off ebay
Neck - S/H Squire starcaster
Pickup - Oil City Winterizer



Body - made from a cheap elm blank off ebay
Neck - S/H Squire 
Pickups - Kent Armstrong stacked H/B + Creamery Gold foil.
Bridge - Descendant B.C.B



Body - made from a cheap blank off ebay
Neck - S/H Vintage Icon
Pickup - Bare Knuckle Mule.
Bridge - Descendant B.C.B

WezV

Currently putting the finish on build #75.  I've lost track of the total number including partscasters

lovestrat74

markblack

Some cracking shapes there @markblack which one do you pick up first?

markblack

@lovestrat74 the pink explorer type. I really like the pickup.

soma1975

Posted before but not in this thread I don't think. 

Body is an SC Relics in Lake Placid Blue from @GoldenEraGuitars ;; that I got ahead of my son being born so I would not worry about it getting bashed. I love it as much today as I did when I received it. Some of the dings belong to me now

Mark Foley Pre-CBS 60s pickups. 
Mark Foley Bridge
Charles Guitar LUXE STRAT 1961 - 1968 PRE-WIRED KIT electrics harness but with  a new brilliant volume pot I recently made a thread about - https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/251923/for-strat-tele-players-and-fuzz-face-users#latest

Scratchplate is a lot less red in real life than it looks in phone pics and is from Art of Aging with and aluminium shield plate underneath. 


2006 Classic Player 60s Neck with rosewood 12-inch radius fingerboard and 21-frets from my old guitar. As per the pictures I may have rather stupidly marked the wood up the top when I was learning to tidy up fretwork. Can't usually see it unless looking close. Still got the old neckplate I should probably replace!

It's the best sounding guitar I have ever owned and probably the best sounding Strat I have ever played. Needs a setup though because I'd like like the trem to stay in tune a bit better. 

Strap I have had for about 30 years. 


By the way as a PSA I'd love to swap this neck for a maple board 21 fret neck (preferably 7.25" or 9.5" radius) if anyone was willing. Reverse headstock, big headstock or lefty so I can have it reverse even better.  Never had a maple neck and always fancied one and these days getting a Musikraft one made is a luxury I cannot afford. 

Power_Freak

I'm a CAR strat guy through and through, but I love the blue+tortie look too

Roland

Partscasters are the only way you can get the guitar features you want. This is number 13 in a series of builds, made with local timber from neighbours’ gardens. Number 14, with a different bridge, is on the workbench.

The body cross section is a key feature of this guitar.

jaymenon

Roland said:

Partscasters are the only way you can get the guitar features you want. This is number 13 in a series of builds, made with local timber from neighbours’ gardens. Number 14, with a different bridge, is on the workbench.

The body cross section is a key feature of this guitar.

That's lovely @Roland ;

Roland

jaymenon said: That's lovely @Roland ;

Thank you. 

flyingv

A couple of my efforts -

Union Jack Tele type -  solid Mahogany/ Beech body - Fender USA  ‘relic’ neck - Kent Armstrong Hotrail - Fender hardware.
https://i.imgur.com/5C1MGEz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/96o4GaZ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CroJsLL.jpg 

Steelcaster ‘type’  -  hollow steel body .
https://i.imgur.com/2nm8clq.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1WzMtrs.jpg https://i.imgur.com/8ZxFaJl.jpg

carlos

markblack said:

body - unbranded strat a mate gave me from his loft.
neck - cheap one off ebay.
Pickup - creamery staple mini HB



Body - made from an old piece of oak worktop.
Neck - S/H off ebay - from a Vintage Icon serires.
Pickup - Oil City Whapping wharf.



Body - made from a cheap blank off ebay
Neck - S/H Squire starcaster
Pickup - Oil City Winterizer



Body - made from a cheap elm blank off ebay
Neck - S/H Squire 
Pickups - Kent Armstrong stacked H/B + Creamery Gold foil.
Bridge - Descendant B.C.B



Body - made from a cheap blank off ebay
Neck - S/H Vintage Icon
Pickup - Bare Knuckle Mule.
Bridge - Descendant B.C.B

I like these a lot, especially the last two. 

SlopeSoarer

It's a good excuse... why not!

Guitar Build body
Aliexpress neck (way better than I expected for £65 delivered nitro)
Tonerider Vintage Plus pickups
Steve/Manchester Guitar Tech nitro

It all went together really well, almost a bit boring cause it worked well with little tweaking!

Musical_Mystery_Tour

https://i.imgur.com/3gcDYar.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RokVm34.jpg

Jalapeno

Warmoth Tele Thinline & Lollar Charlie Christian pickups.

matt_sefton

Jalapeno said:

Warmoth Tele Thinline & Lollar Charlie Christian pickups.

That’s magnificent!

ThePrettyDamned

SlopeSoarer said:

It's a good excuse... why not!

Guitar Build body
Aliexpress neck (way better than I expected for £65 delivered nitro)
Tonerider Vintage Plus pickups
Steve/Manchester Guitar Tech nitro

It all went together really well, almost a bit boring cause it worked well with little tweaking!

Crikey. Do want. 

Creed_Clicks

@markblack Love those ! Did you make those offset bodies yourself? The one with the Winterizer pickup is a cracker !

markblack

@Creed_Clicks cheers. yep all the bodies are handmade. Necks aren't. Fun to make, not perfect but they out ok. Based on fidelity guitars and ben wassers.