Fender Partscasters: Why You Should Build or Buy One!

Why not build (or buy) the EXACT guitar you want? It will be unique to you and often be made of higher quality parts at less cost than a factory guitar. Video covers the process for sourcing a Telecaster, Stratocaster, Mustang, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Duo Sonic - basically any Fender style guitar.

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[YellahandtheTeleman]

Built my own Tele Partscaster over the summer using a Warmoth neck and body. I couldn’t have bought a custom one for the price of assembling one myself. I am super pleased with how it turned out, of course its the only one like it in the world.

[surfrby]

I’ve built three, Two Strats and one Telecaster, relics with unique options that I wanted, I learned so much and they turned out to be great players. MJT is a great company, ( so is Warmoth ) worked with them on two guitars, now I’m doing a winter build PRS style where I’ll be finishing the neck and body 🤞and putting in Suhr Thornbuckers

[Nazman]

I used a Temu strat neck on a squier tele body. It plays great. I now have a temu tele body and a roasted tele neck. I am going to burst it with Angelus dyes. Then assemble it

[JakeSpeed]

I've built 7 "partscasters" and had them setup by Joe Glaser in Nashville and they are phenomenal guitars. It allows me to create custom paint jobs. I can put whatever pickups I like in them. I have several vintage Fenders and these are just as good. In the hands of a pro, I doubt they could tell which ones are "partscasters". I find a neck I like and build from there.

[davidkellymitchell]

I don't have the money to collect Pedigree guitars but I can build all the Fender guitars I want exactly how I want it for less than a thousand each and that includes a real Fender case. My favorite build is a superlight build it myself Paulownia or Sycamore body with an Allparts neck and genuine Fender hardware. I put the finish on them myself which is the fun part. All Fender makes is boat anchor weight bodies no matter what the price.

[phillipjelks]

Tad late to the comments party but... I've build 3 S-style, 3 T-style and 1 LP style parts guitars.
After checking in with the "big brand" companies and finding out what it would cost to build to my specs, price was too great or so many road blocks (from The original company of Strats and Tele's, I decided to make my own. So much fun and now I have guitars the no one else in the world has a copy of.

[TZplayer]

I used a US hollow body, a Bare Knuckles pick up set, and a Warmoth birds eye maple neck. Best tele on the planet. To my ears😃

[stevie]

Excellent review of the pros and cons of partscasters.

[TheUlesifah]

Tell ya what buddy, I just got a Squier thinline body in the mail today … threw a fender neck on it, road worn tuners… and I’m seriously in heaven with this thing !! It plays and sounds so great it’s just insane !! Partscasters are a great way to go if you can handle the light labor involved!! Great video Hoodrio!! You’re always one of the guys on here I hold in high regard, if people listen up, they might learn a few things from your channel

[wagonet]

cool video, never really considered doing this., . but your video has me thinkin. thanks

[windsurfmaui]

I love my Strats. They are like old Chevys, infinitely customizable. I can make them exactly the way I want them for me rather than the way a factory decided to produce them. Some of my Strats have Fender bodies and aftermarket necks, others have aftermarket bodies and necks. They are so much better than the guitars being sold in guitar stores that I can no longer go into a guitar store and look at the guitars on the wall. They have no interest for me because they are so far from the guitars that I want for myself. Clapton's Blackie was a partscaster, Eddie Van Halen's first Frankenstrat was an aftermarket body and neck that he put together and then painted. Once you get into it it really isn't that hard to learn how to do most of the assembly and wiring yourself.

[I.Robert]

Great video! Can you please provide information on the compensated nut you used? I've been looking for something exactly like this for some time...

[mindmural]

Using Fender license parts to me there's no difference if you put it together if they put it together so I would go parts caster all the way we build it to your spec

[mikey-dubs]

I wanted to go down this route for fun and learning but I realized a body is like $400-500 canadian and a neck is another $400-500. May as well just buy a MIM guitar no?