5 Reasons to Consider a Partscaster featuring Rich Alan Vintage Guitars

[@williamstevens7648]

I built a partscaster before getting into building from scratch and my partscaster is by far one of the coolest I own. I built a relic Tele with good quality parts for about 400 and it is killer. Great video !

[@mikeadams4605]

My two strats are both partscasters. American Bodies, Mexican Necks, Custom pickups....they look and sound amazing for under $1000 bucks. Plus there is something great about soldering your own electronics and putting a guitar together with your specific specs

[@EverestMystery]

Excellent, dig that axe. Jeremy, I know I could some forensics in your notes. However, could you give me some intel on how you achieved the gritty tone at the beginning of the video?

[@JeremySheppard]

Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb on 6 in the vibrato channel and a JHS morning glory v4. It's pretty straight up.

[@theonlyrobot]

@@JeremySheppard Did you roll the bass off? I'm hearing that Marshally thing DRs do.

[@sadie376]

The Tele archetype is certainly a good place to start from.

[@MashaT22]

The fancy hardware on that Nocaster is sweet! I always love special embellishments.

[@michellowe8627]

Another great video! Really kool guitars!

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

I have been building my own for years. Lots of fun and I can really "dial in" the look, feel and tone that I want! I live in a small Ohio city and do repairs and modding for friends and local players to keep me busy. The key is buying a good neck and making it feel broken in and comfortable and I use a pickup builder here in Ohio that is great to help get me the tone I want for any type build.

[@tomdyll2728]

Great video. Parts casters can be great guitars if built right. IMO, the first reason to build/buy a parts caster is to get into a vintage instrument that is otherwise too expensive and too nice to take out and play. IMO, the 2nd is to create something unique to you. Custom paint, interesting pickups, your favorite neck profile, etc.

[@theonlyrobot]

Same here. There is no non-Custom Shop vintage spec Fenders these days. American Originals are close, but I consider them to be a 'Pro Level' touring guitar that's for those pros that want Vintage feel. They're a mile from what the AVRIs were. Especially the last generation with the thin nitro. Also, Allparts makes a 50's V carve neck with a 60's slab rosewood board. That's the Goldilocks spot for me.

[@BillBurnette]

I built a '72 Tele Deluxe last year because I wanted a Les Paul style guitar but didn't want to pay the big bucks for an LP Std. I bought a Warmoth mahogany body with maple cap, tummy cut and cream binding, which I had them finish in a black/red/yellow burst. I used a Warmoth Gibson scale, mahogany CBS Strat neck with ebony fretboard, and used Seth Lover humbuckers. Sounds pretty close to a LP for less than half the price of an LP Standard. I call it my Fen-son. ;)

[@JeremySheppard]

I just got one and loooove it. Who needs a Les Paul ? Haha

[@AnthonySG0113]

Sounds awesome 😎

[@jeffsquires6620]

Absolutely cool teles, keepers for sure. Kudos on the wings.

[@imannonymous7707]

These partscasters are cool , i got a 52 reissue in 2004 .Before i knew about custom shop and builders such as nash, nacho and your friend rich. Its impressive i must say. I might have bought one had i knew

[@Scaredycat-dad]

I bought a American Pro 2 Tele with the intention of putting a cunife humbucker in neck but I liked it so much I ended up putting one in the bridge as well. This required some routing ,pot and wiring changes as well as customizing the pick guard so I had a luthier who I trust do the work. All in I paid a little less than $2400. It was worth it to me because in my opinion I have a CS level guitar that is truly unique. I started with a roasted pine version because when it was all said and done I needed to Guitar to weigh as close to 7 pounds as possible. The cunife p/u are heavy compared to a single coil. When completed it came in at 6 lbs. 15 oz.

[@theonlyrobot]

Where'd you get those pickups. I keep hearing that somebody is going to do a true Wide Range, but I never see them come to market.

[@Scaredycat-dad]

@@theonlyrobot I got mine from guitar center Fender Cunife wide range humbucker, it looks like the price went up $20. They make a bridge and neck so make sure you get the one you want.

[@theonlyrobot]

@@Scaredycat-dad Thanks! I need one for my Tele. It's got a Bootstrap Skookum in it now, which I want to transfer to a new LP build.

[@Ironworthstriking]

All I play are partscasters. I've ended up with three amazing guitars done by MJT. A 1960 "Robben Ford" Tele, a 1960 style Olympic white Strat, and 57 style Strat with an Eric Johnson neck. They're absolute beasts and nothing really stacks up against them in my book.

[@johnwashburn3793]

Thanks for this. I once bought a hot rodded Strat from a metal head that he could never get to be what he wanted (wrong guitar). I set the intonation and action and it plays great but I always thought I should return it to original. Now I know I don't need to add it is a beast! I don't know how you do it Jeremy. I have had friends leave guitars at my house for convenience, but when I started to charge them for phone calls and jam times they took their guitars and blocked my number. Go figure...

[@davidkellymitchell4747]

You can make Custom Shop quality guitars with the right parts and skills for a thousand or less. Good looking Telecasters there!

[@Buddha806Tv]

Ive been looking into this but I kind of don't know where to start. What pickups are best valued, what type of neck should i get (old or new, mexican made or american). What tuners. Any recommendations?

[@rzh3443]

Jus got an email from Fender selling replacement necks for their guitars. They run about 2.5 times the price of All Arts, though. I bought the ultra tele with variable radius fingerboard and it is very easy to play. I wonder about the (expensive) artificial aging process to the customs. I don’t see the point really because it’s not really old until it is ?

[@ScottDreyfus]

I gutted my squier contemporary rh . It’s got a duncan hat rail and black winter in it. CTs switchcraft and gotoh for hardware. It wouldn’t stay in tune with the factory garbage. Now you could throw it in a tree go get it and still play it.

[@edgarmcbee2474]

Mario and company are awesome

[@jasonstacey9460]

Reversed controls puts the wah pot closer

[@theonlyrobot]

I just built a Sonic Blue early 60's Strat replica. Pretty much a shot for shot copy of my old AVRI. The partscaster is a better guitar in every way. For about $1500 less. That's including the G&G Clapton Signature case I picked up for a song on Stratosphere. They can provide tremendous value, and if the build is planned well, you won't need any special tools. Using a precut Tusq nut will save you half the work. Most name brand aftermarket necks I've seen can be leveled with a palm sanding block and some patience. The rest is mostly phillips screws and soldering. It's 'My Guitar' so I was comfortable rolling the fretboard and doing some other 'worn in' features, I wouldn't have done on the AVRI out of caution for resale. I also sub'd french polished shellac for nitro on the neck, which is a huge improvement and easier to do. I understand that it's got the resale value of an old Iron Maiden tshirt, but why would I need to sell my perfect Strat?

[@JeremySheppard]

Amazing! I love that setup

[@theonlyrobot]

@@JeremySheppard Me too. I hated it when I first got a vintage spec, but once my left hand figured that neck radius and frets out, it's now harder for me to play a modern neck. Bend outs are bad setup. If you're bending out, your action is too low for bends anyway. Man up. Play the high wires!

[@michaelheller8841]

I wanted to check out a new Fender Ultra Luxe Stratocaster. I played one in a store and was not impressed. I did like the comfort and look of the body I would have to say. What I did not like, is the neck and how it felt, sounded and the SS frets were strange to me. The noiseless pickups didn't sound like a vintage Strat to me. I am not knocking it just because I don't like it. It might be fine for a lot of people and that's great. So, It's a Fender that the company makes that thinks it's great just the way it is. I have been playing for many years and could never find or keep a Strat that I feel this one is it, never. It would make me angry of course because out of so many guitar heroes, you hear that amazing sound lol. The long story already lol. I had to find something that I can have made for myself. I went to get an Ultra-Luxe body with a Muskkraft Quartersawn Maple neck CBS style head. The electronics are hand-wired with hand-wired Vintage single coils. I had so much work put into it that the guitar is actually a part of me. The guitar gets its sweet very clean tones and the feel is amazing. It is my favorite guitar by far. If you want to take the time and have something built for you, nothing will compare to it IMO. I'm very happy I did this.

[@keillerb.musicandreviews3682]

Nice thing about building instead of buying, you are building to your specs, the end result will be nothing like anything off the shelf, but you have to remember going in you will have your guitar and the next guy won't necessarily like what you built for you and it will never be worth what you have into it,