Building My DREAM Warmoth/Partscaster Guitar! (Jazzmaster/Offset Build)

Hi everyone!

Just over three years later and this guitar is FINALLY complete! Thank you to @warmoth and @LAMBERTONES for helping put this build together!

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Chapters:
Intro 00:00
Planning 00:41
Sound Sample #1 02:03
The Build Process 02:37
Sound Sample #2 05:32
The Specs 06:07
Sound Sample #3 08:32
Sound Sample #4 08:53
Sound Sample #5 09:16

[about-face]

Like always man - this video is seriously top notch! I can see all the hard work you put into this one!

[seanzinger]

Favorite effect has to be Reverb. Man, I’ll probably never build a guitar myself. What a process. Thanks for documenting it. Hope it makes you happy for a long time to come.

[quentindorseymusic]

You’re the man, killer build and excellent content as always!

[felixortiz]

First of all CONGRATULATIONS on the build, it looks awesome. Also, the video like always looks great. I wanted to say that a lot of people think that building yourself a guitar is cheap, is NOT! Actually many times is more expensive than buying a brand guitar BUT the satisfaction is enormous. Even thou there is no guarantee that the guitar will sound sonically pleasing if you take your time and do your homework you can mitigate this risk. Last year I put together my dream guitar and I am super happy with the results. Patience is the key and also realistic expectations. Although I’m pretty good at setups, when I finished it I took it to a luthier and like you said, that took the guitar to another level. Was the build expensive? Yes. Will I do it again? Absolutely, now armed with more knowledge. One last thing, every time I pickup that guitar, is not only inspiring (and I own MANY top brand guitars) but also it reminds me why I like it so much, because it’s exactly what I wanted in a guitar and that makes me happy.

[steadromo]

The chords you play at 5:50 sound exactly like a song I know but I am blanking on what it reminds me of! Sounds great! Love the P90s great choice.

[Bozo_Lord]

In my junior year of highschool I carried around a note book filled with build specs and what not

I would you around with different wiring patterns and colors and this and that after finishing my work; needless to say I’ve definitely narrowed down what I want in a build! This is awesome man hope to see another build

[VintageRadius]

Really cool guitar man! I just happened to finish my first Warmoth build a few months ago and there are some similarities with yours. I also went with an F hole and two P90's (Lollar low and regular wind), but on chambered tele body and hard tail bridge. I really went back and forth on the bridge/body deciding between hard tail tele or offset guitar with vibrato. I also did my first nitro finish using Oxford nitro sold through Solo guitars - highly recommend. Lastly, two thoughts on your strap button. You'll be safe if you want to use a decent strap lock, like Schaller. Also you could probably correct it yourself by making a dowel and gluing it in with some wood glue. After it dries you could redrill at a better angle and ideally start the new hole just a tiny bit closer to the neck but still close enough to cover the old hole with that strap button felt washer.

[druwk]

Cool guitar. Shout out to Warmoth! They are my favorite parts company too. I’ve put together 5 or so Partscasters, with various bodies (including Warmoth), and Warmoth necks. One of the few ways you can figure out what you like, and still be able to change your mind.
Planning is key. Enjoy the journey. Go slow, though at certain points you have to just get it done! You will never get your money or time back.
If this something you dig, keep an eye out for used parts, and parts projects. One way to save money.
That Novo also looked sweet. I enjoy it when companies do custom orders like they do.

[JJR]

This is a gorgeous build man. I would have spected a semi hollow body for that type of guitar. Great job, enjoy playing it.

[sheldonkorpett]

Enjoyed this immensely. Thanks for sharing. Been on the fence about building my own Warmoth Parts tele. This was very encouraging

[ryansnydercg]

LOVE a great Warmoth build. Awesome guitar Zach!

[BrunoPeixotoVieira]

Wow man, what an amazing guitar you have, congratulations. Shell pink is my favorite color and it gets prettier during the time and aging process. I love my Lambertones Triple Shots in my Strat and watching your video I know what P90s I'll buy in the future. Thanks for sharing and keep rocking always.

[tbdog]

Great Job! Working on some projects right now, you have good advice...failing to plan is planning to fail!

[kylehowdy]

Guitar looks and sounds incredible man!

Funny enough I have a custom guitar being made by Trent guitars, and it's going to be a nice custom light pink with ristrettos!

[michaeljoyce]

Mjt I was fortunate enough to get mine made by them. I got a select piece of swamp Ash this guitar just sings man with the Porter pick ups. I’ve had a few pretty heavy hitters in the Guitar world pick up my guitar and played it and just start offering me 2-3 times as much as I paid for it. and they still ask about it when I see him it’s one of those you just can’t get rid of something special

[rskirk]

That guitar's tone sounds fantastic. Was this your first DIY guitar project?

[triplej]

What an amazing build! Thanks for sharing

For your Warmoth neck, was it playable out of the box? Or did it “require” the leveling to get it into playing condition?

I hear that many of them are good to go out of the box, so I’m curious to hear your experience

[BNearman]

I actually just finished a build with those same pickups

[Trubaster]

So much planning and not thinking about the neck man :D seriously next time you need to plan more :D anyway just pickin on you ;) great instrument

[leoyu]

Thanks for the video! how did you manage to get the f-hole design from warmoth?