Building A Parts Guitar!

I went onto the Stew Mac website and ordered myself a bunch of guitar parts! Lets see what I get when I put them all together!

Big thanks to StewMac for making this video possible!

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#Frender #Strat #Parts #Kit

[Sagerydian]

Stew Mac: "Go ahead, build the custom guitar of your dreams! Go wild!"
Hairy dude: builds a stock Strat

[Jasontheguitarist]

I think your philips bit is too small for some of those screw heads. The sound of it continuously slipping out drove me crazy.

[OODZUTSU]

When you’re tapping to test the pickups you should still tap all 3 for each position!

[hchoe]

couple of things I can't help but mention:


when you're fitting the neck into the body you DO NOT want to slide it in that way because the neck is tapered, getting wider as it goes to the upper frets. it should be fitted from top to bottom, as in from the face of the body down into the neck pocket.


DO NOT blow on hot solder joints to help it cool faster. you could end up with air bubbles inside resulting in cold joints.


take some wax or soap bar to the tips of the screws before driving them into the pilot holes to minimize cracks and ensure smooth insertion.

[ArkViper]

As someone who has ruined a finish in his life time... Place a towel on the guitar when soldering... all it takes is a little splash of flux or a droplet of solder to ruin the moment ;) Looks beautiful by the way :)

[ajdrinkard]

you should totally do a warmoth build when they start taking orders again.

[BBGuitars]

Always set neck relief, then action and THEN cut nut slots!

[ZagatoZee]

Here I thought the entire point of staggered tuners, was to negate the need for the stupid string tree....

Also, please use the correct driver bit for your screws.

[kyleledrew]

The whole point of a parts guitar is to make something unique as a project, you just bought a disassembled mexican strat and paid more to put it together yourself

[MotorsandMetal]

I'm in the middle of having one pieced together, and it's SUPER similar so this is really cool to see!
I went with a:
-Fender Robert Cray sunburst strat body, I've always wanted a string through hard tail strat
-Fender American Deluxe neck with Maple Fretboard and compound radius and Micro Tilt
-Hipshot Fender Retrofit Staggered Locking Tuners
-Hipshot Hardtail Bridge
-Fishman Pre Wired Strat Pickguard.
Going for that ultra modern sleeper deal.
But man, seeing that roasted maple with the sunburst is killer, good looks!

[phelipehulk]

With staggered tuners you dont need string trees. You're just adding a extra point that can increase tuning instability. The less places your strings touch the better. Staggered tuners are made to unitilize the string trees.

[MrOriginalDahudge]

I love how he just built a Fender guitar, figured he'd do something wacky lol

[kyleledrew]

His drill was skipping more than my journey CD I got in 2003

[derpimusmaximus]

If you build a partscaster and it sounds like ass, is it in fact a "shartscaster"?

[kalebbauerlein]

Fluff: "...narrower than it's counterpart"

Me (a counterparts fan): "NO SERVANT!"

[williamstevens]

I built a telecaster parts-caster recently and it was a nice little project. It didn't take long because it was just bolting bits together but it was great fun.

[discocrisco]

Been watching a lot of kit guitar videos in the last few days. Perfect timing.

[musicauthority]

I repair guitars, and there's no doubt about it. that Stew Mac is the absolute best place to go. to get all the tools, equipment, parts, and accessories. to do any kind of repair on any kind of guitar. over the years I have purchased a very large number of tools, equipment, parts, and accessories, from them. that makes my job easier and makes the quality of my repair work unparalleled. however I must warn you the prices of there items are a tiny bit on the high side. but more than well worth it because the quality of their items is simply the best. and they are quite easy to deal with and I have been very satisfied with everything. if your new to working on guitars. or have been at it for many years there's simply no place better than Stew Mac.

[saltyscorpion]

Luthiers are crying all over the world.

[WilliamWilson-itqe]

Well done, Fluff! Beautiful instrument. Kudos to you and Stew Mac. Thanks for sharing