Show us your Partscaster/s - Page 4

Tim73 · October 29th, 2007, 05:21 AM

It's basically the 62 bound body (CIJ) that I love but with a one piece 50sRI neck (CIJ again) and texas pickups with USA vintage tuners. It's got a leather pickguard in the final design stages & it's my first one I've not bought off the shelf, so to speak.

Shoved BassVIII · November 5th, 2007, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trandy16

Here's the body for my latest build:

This one consists of a Guitar Joinery swamp ash body with Sonic Blue nitro finish, Warmoth birdseye maple neck with Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, Dunlop 6130 frets, Callaham bridge with brass saddles, Duncan Antiquity humbucker in the neck, Duncan Little 59 in the bridge, and Kluson tuners

Here's a previous build: Swamp Ash body from Guitar Joinery with Surf Green nitro finish, USACG mahogany neck with Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, Dunlop 6130 frets, Callaham bridge, K-T-S Titanium saddles, Klusons tuners, Duncan Jazz humbucker in the neck, Duncan Little 59 in the bridge.

Anyone notice the reversed angled bridge? Nice voodoo touch.

BTW...does a bass count as a parts caster?

guitreble · November 5th, 2007, 07:39 AM

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachmen...n-tele-amp-jpg

SFW · November 5th, 2007, 09:24 AM

good lookin' guitars so far. Here's my humble submission

jamesr · November 5th, 2007, 03:53 PM

Here's mine, made a year or so ago. Ash body, Mighty Mite neck, Fender No-caster pickups. Grain filler, hand mixed oil base paint applied and wiped off several times, and 7-8 coats of nitro. Plays quite nicely, if I do say so myself. My first (and so far only) assemblage. I pretty much play it every day. Sounds great through a DSL50, and a Blues Jr.

infrapista · November 5th, 2007, 04:17 PM

Here is my FERDEN Diablocaster "Relic Esquire".
Dimavery neck, body and bridge. GFS Fatboy Overwound Pickup, CTS poty, Fender 3 way selector, Fender brass bridge saddles, Westone tuner and hown relicing job inspirated by Unkie Al "Blackguard Relesquire" and Chris Fleming "55Telecaster Relic" Custom Shop.
This GFS PU sound like (P90 + Vintage Esquire) a very original sound.

INFRAPISTA

pwilly · November 6th, 2007, 06:12 AM

I just bought an SX tele from Rondo and am considering replacing the strat-like maple neck with a Tokai rosewood tele style that I've had for years.
Will that fit? It's a 21 fret and looks like it will, but I'm nervous about this. I tried the Tokai on an Epiphone tele and the scale length was off...also ending up putting a slight crack in the Epi neck pocket trying to squeeze it in. You guys have more experience at these partscasters so, i'll trust your advice.

pbenn · November 10th, 2007, 12:46 PM

Great guitars so far. Here's one of mine, although I'm under no illusions:

http://xs.to/xs.php?f=008_RT8.jpg&h=xs218&d=07343

0le FUZZY · November 10th, 2007, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbenn

Great guitars so far. Here's one of mine, although I'm under no illusions:

http://xs.to/xs.php?f=008_RT8.jpg&h=xs218&d=07343

...I wood be unner an illusion iffin it wern't fer those screws holdin that neck P/U.

...That is a classic lookin TELECASTER !!!

0le FUZZY

'56Teleman · November 10th, 2007, 04:08 PM

USACG ash body

WD neck (I have a Heffner neck waiting to go on it)

Callaham electronics

Don Mare 2324's

Guitar Mill Ash body & paint

TMO-FAT

Lollar Special/bridge, Lollar Vintage/neck

It's finished but being set up. This is an old pic, sorry.

Next project is a pine body.

Cobra · November 10th, 2007, 05:54 PM

here's mine: The Cobracaster... aka "Really Red"

RomanS · November 10th, 2007, 06:32 PM

Sweet! Is that CC at the neck from Lollar or from VVG?

Cobra · November 11th, 2007, 07:08 AM

I'm a big fan of jump & west coast blues, but I have issues with the size & ergonomics of most of the archtops that are the foundation of the jump guitar sound. This guitar is an effort to hopefully cop reasonably close, faux archtop tones from a "T" style guitar, a platform I'm used to, & like alot. It's definitely a Jason Lollar Charlie Christian Tele neck pickup, & a Lollar Tele Special bridge is in the Glendale steel bridgeplate. It took some time to adjust the Lollar CC neck pickup, so it matches up better with the Lollar Tele Special bridge. It's really loud & strong, & sounds like a cross between a 900lb strat pickup, & a hot P90. I needed to lower it quite a bit, & raise the treble side, since it was really dark with very little highs, & it matches up & sounds much better now that I disconnected the tone cap. It can definitely cop faux archtop tones. Yeah...

The neck is a large profile "T" neck, rosewood board, finished in vintage amber, thin satin nitro, & made by Ian Anderson, who works for Scott Lentz. Ian is an excellent luthier, & makes great necks. Both he & Scott Lentz are really onto something when it comes to wood selection. They do not mess about with inferior wood, & they are extremely picky. I've built lots of parts guitars, & you never really know how it's all gonna turn out until it's done. Could be a gem, or a pooch! What I've found to be the single most important critical element, is the size, weight, & resonance of the neck. All components are important, & have an impact on the overall synergy of the completed guitar, but the neck has to be really lively, & really righteous from jumpstreet, for the guitar to have the best chance at being something special. This neck is killer, & I like the profile alot, which is like a fat 60's C profile down by the nut, & it gets fatter & more robust as you move up the fretboard. Super smooth satin nitro finish...

The body is a doublebound 1pc striped african mahogany, selected for resonance, light weight, & finally cosmetics. It wasn't actually tap tuned, but it was selected over many other slabs of mahogany with better looking grain on the front, & all the slabs were tapped looking for the most resonant & lively piece available. This was the "one"

She's real purdy, & turned out really nice with a unique personality. Sassy & spanky, & a little chunky. She's different from a regular Tele, but she's still all Tele. The finisher did an outstanding job on the body, & the thin nitro is sinking a little in to the pores, which we discussed beforehand, & was expected. She resonates like a mutha, rings like a bell, & has plenty of Tele style highs, a pleasant surprise for a 1pc mahogany body! I guess I was expecting it to sound darker & mid heavy, & while it does have more mids than alder or ash, it's not alot more. Nice & light too, not a featherweight, just about right where you'd want it to be. Having the body dry out for over 2 years helped in the tone & weight dept. The Glendale bridge has alot to do with the traditional tone & twang, & it also has this cool kinda compression thing going on that I'm diggin' alot.

geocha · November 11th, 2007, 08:28 AM

Here's a few partscasters I have put together...

Tadeo_Gómez · November 18th, 2007, 09:37 PM

My Blonde Partcaster

Thanks

CodeBlue · November 18th, 2007, 10:12 PM

Great Thread, I have none to add, just showing my appreciation of all the fine Telecasters here!

ALTSELGREEN · November 19th, 2007, 04:10 AM

Heres an improved Obey Squier that I modded for my 13 year old son-MIM neck and Dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge-Sounds and plays so much better now....

Coogie · November 19th, 2007, 11:54 AM

Hi,

First time posting and my first build.

Born last week some time.

Guitar Mill body - stained and Tru-oil finish.
Allparts TMNF-FAT neck
Fender Vintage pickups
StewMac parts

Nice and simple and sounds great to me!
J.

Lost_N_Austin · November 20th, 2007, 08:56 PM

I'm making progress. Here are a couple of pictures. I made a Nut out of Brazilian Rosewood as a practice exercise. It already sounds amazing but maybe its just the pleasure of having assembled it myself.

L_N_A

Johnny Halo · November 26th, 2007, 10:38 AM

MIJ 52 body, MIA Std. neck, 62 RI bridge, Dimarzio Pre-B1 and Duncan 1/4 pups, control plate and elecs. from a fellow TDPRI'er...sorry can't remember who, single ply guard made by my brother-in-law.

Rufus · November 26th, 2007, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Halo

MIJ 52 body, MIA Std. neck, 62 RI bridge, Dimarzio Pre-B1 and Duncan 1/4 pups, control plate and elecs. from a fellow TDPRI'er...sorry can't remember who, single ply guard made by my brother-in-law.

Love that southpaw with the die for a switchtip.

The pinup gal ain't bad, either...

straightface · November 26th, 2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Halo

MIJ 52 body, MIA Std. neck, 62 RI bridge, Dimarzio Pre-B1 and Duncan 1/4 pups, control plate and elecs. from a fellow TDPRI'er...sorry can't remember who, single ply guard made by my brother-in-law.

Now that's a nice pinup!

Oh yeah, nice lefty too.

brittwin · July 3rd, 2008, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarnesTO

Here's mine, finished in July. First build, and I learned a lot from it and had fun putting it together!

I love what you did.... fan-freakin-tastic.....

October 29th, 2007, 05:21 AM	#121 (permalink)
Tim73 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Berkshire, England Age: 35 Posts: 1,229 21 Photos	It's basically the 62 bound body (CIJ) that I love but with a one piece 50sRI neck (CIJ again) and texas pickups with USA vintage tuners. It's got a leather pickguard in the final design stages & it's my first one I've not bought off the shelf, so to speak. __________________ Born in the '70's & in my mind, still living there now...

November 6th, 2007, 06:12 AM	#127 (permalink)
pwilly TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ohio Posts: 14	Tokai neck on SX I just bought an SX tele from Rondo and am considering replacing the strat-like maple neck with a Tokai rosewood tele style that I've had for years. Will that fit? It's a 21 fret and looks like it will, but I'm nervous about this. I tried the Tokai on an Epiphone tele and the scale length was off...also ending up putting a slight crack in the Epi neck pocket trying to squeeze it in. You guys have more experience at these partscasters so, i'll trust your advice. Last edited by pwilly; November 6th, 2007 at 06:14 AM. Reason: spelling

November 10th, 2007, 04:08 PM	#130 (permalink)
'56Teleman TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tullahoma Age: 52 Posts: 67	USACG ash body WD neck (I have a Heffner neck waiting to go on it) Callaham electronics Don Mare 2324's Guitar Mill Ash body & paint TMO-FAT Lollar Special/bridge, Lollar Vintage/neck It's finished but being set up. This is an old pic, sorry. Next project is a pine body. __________________ I'm gkoelling on TGP.

November 10th, 2007, 06:32 PM	#132 (permalink)
RomanS Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Age: 36 Posts: 2,721 14 Photos	Sweet! Is that CC at the neck from Lollar or from VVG? __________________ http://www.pbase.com/romans http://www.myspace.com/romans212

November 11th, 2007, 07:08 AM	#133 (permalink)
Cobra TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 31	I'm a big fan of jump & west coast blues, but I have issues with the size & ergonomics of most of the archtops that are the foundation of the jump guitar sound. This guitar is an effort to hopefully cop reasonably close, faux archtop tones from a "T" style guitar, a platform I'm used to, & like alot. It's definitely a Jason Lollar Charlie Christian Tele neck pickup, & a Lollar Tele Special bridge is in the Glendale steel bridgeplate. It took some time to adjust the Lollar CC neck pickup, so it matches up better with the Lollar Tele Special bridge. It's really loud & strong, & sounds like a cross between a 900lb strat pickup, & a hot P90. I needed to lower it quite a bit, & raise the treble side, since it was really dark with very little highs, & it matches up & sounds much better now that I disconnected the tone cap. It can definitely cop faux archtop tones. Yeah... The neck is a large profile "T" neck, rosewood board, finished in vintage amber, thin satin nitro, & made by Ian Anderson, who works for Scott Lentz. Ian is an excellent luthier, & makes great necks. Both he & Scott Lentz are really onto something when it comes to wood selection. They do not mess about with inferior wood, & they are extremely picky. I've built lots of parts guitars, & you never really know how it's all gonna turn out until it's done. Could be a gem, or a pooch! What I've found to be the single most important critical element, is the size, weight, & resonance of the neck. All components are important, & have an impact on the overall synergy of the completed guitar, but the neck has to be really lively, & really righteous from jumpstreet, for the guitar to have the best chance at being something special. This neck is killer, & I like the profile alot, which is like a *fat* 60's C profile down by the nut, & it gets fatter & more robust as you move up the fretboard. Super smooth satin nitro finish... The body is a doublebound 1pc striped african mahogany, selected for resonance, light weight, & finally cosmetics. It wasn't actually tap tuned, but it was selected over many other slabs of mahogany with better looking grain on the front, & all the slabs were tapped looking for the most resonant & lively piece available. This was the "one" She's real purdy, & turned out really nice with a unique personality. Sassy & spanky, & a little chunky. She's different from a regular Tele, but she's still all Tele. The finisher did an outstanding job on the body, & the thin nitro is sinking a little in to the pores, which we discussed beforehand, & was expected. She resonates like a mutha, rings like a bell, & has plenty of Tele style highs, a pleasant surprise for a 1pc mahogany body! I guess I was expecting it to sound darker & mid heavy, & while it does have more mids than alder or ash, it's not alot more. Nice & light too, not a featherweight, just about right where you'd want it to be. Having the body dry out for over 2 years helped in the tone & weight dept. The Glendale bridge has alot to do with the traditional tone & twang, & it also has this cool kinda compression thing going on that I'm diggin' alot. Last edited by Cobra; November 11th, 2007 at 07:39 AM.

November 5th, 2007, 07:39 AM	#123 (permalink)
guitreble Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Age: 25 Posts: 133 2 Photos	http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachmen...n-tele-amp-jpg

November 5th, 2007, 09:24 AM	#124 (permalink)
SFW TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston, TX Age: 33 Posts: 16	good lookin' guitars so far. Here's my humble submission

November 10th, 2007, 12:46 PM	#128 (permalink)
pbenn Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Age: 52 Posts: 562	Great guitars so far. Here's one of mine, although I'm under no illusions: http://xs.to/xs.php?f=008_RT8.jpg&h=xs218&d=07343

November 10th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#131 (permalink)
Cobra TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 31	here's mine: The Cobracaster... aka "Really Red"

November 11th, 2007, 08:28 AM	#134 (permalink)
geocha TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orange County,New York Age: 54 Posts: 44	Here's a few partscasters I have put together...

November 18th, 2007, 09:37 PM	#135 (permalink)
Tadeo_Gómez TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Santiago - Chile Posts: 37	My Blonde Partcaster Thanks

November 18th, 2007, 10:12 PM	#136 (permalink)
CodeBlue Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hoosier Posts: 258	Great Thread, I have none to add, just showing my appreciation of all the fine Telecasters here! __________________ (Nothing To Say)

November 20th, 2007, 08:56 PM	#139 (permalink)
Lost_N_Austin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Some Beach Age: 66 Posts: 1,202	I'm making progress. Here are a couple of pictures. I made a Nut out of Brazilian Rosewood as a practice exercise. It already sounds amazing but maybe its just the pleasure of having assembled it myself. L_N_A __________________ “If you're going to be this miserable, make it Rhyme" Song writer advice from Bruce Robison.