Building a Strat From Free Parts!

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[@alexcorona]

These are my favorite builds, the last Strat I build from leftover parts ended up being the best Strat I’ve ever heard.

[@richardwright345]

You are not messing it up you are giving it new life.

[@D-tuna4lunch]

Free parts at my door would be amazing 🤣. Nice build.

[@CGFun82]

Back from the dead blues guitar! Satisfying to watch you bring it back to life.

[@brianstallard5446]

Dane showing no mercy to those pickguard screws!

[@carlrausch5383]

I had the same issue with a similar Strat neck pocket, I took one of my templates and routered down pocket 4/64s. And she worked perfect!

[@MDK2323]

Sanding down the back of the neck is much easier than routing out the pocket. But I've had to raise the saddles up to compensate before. I've even had to put longer height adjustment screws into the saddles to get things right.

[@thewebgear7077]

Great video and I agree with the comment "these are my favorite builds". I really like the innovation and still waiting for the Zimms T-shirt that says "I think I have a part for that." I think you need a doctor coat with Zimms logo on it when you do the "bring the guitar back to life". Always love your videos and your passion.

[@Slugg-O]

I have Squire SE, the one that came new with bundled with an amp, that I bought in near new condition at a pawn shop for $40. I love that thing. They are very good the way they are, and a great platform if you want to experiment, learn, or just see what you can do. I bought a MiM bridge, big block trem, Graphtech nut, CTS electronics, vintage wound pups from bootstrappickups (great by the way), dressed the frets, and installed cheap locking tuners. What a nice guitar! I have a US Strat and enjoy the Squire as much if not more, and I have maybe $200 - $225 in it. If the Squier headstock is bothersome just sand and refinish it. I'm not bothered by it but I get the stigma.

[@rock2blues59]

Great job Dane. A bag of parts to a playable instrument.

[@brucemyers5463]

I dig videos like this more than the restring videos. Not that there's a problem with those. Fixing up derelict guitars is a passion for me. Keep bringing them back from the dead.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Man, I wish the Free Guitar Parts Fairy dropped stuff off for me at my door 😂

[@jfrankcarr]

A lot of the spare parts I have came from doing work on other people's guitars and them not wanting the old parts back. But, no one has ever left me any parts outside my house.

[@VA3JPX]

Thanks for answering my question about the strings, Dane. I appreciate it. Cheers.

[@edwinstovall3334]

Dane, I'm one of those weirdos who comes in asking for Fender strings!😎 There are a couple of types I like, so I get them. I'm pretty string agnostic, though. The strings I buy most often are super-cheap no-name (or weird name) stuff off Temu. I use them for setups, where the strings might last for minutes, not months. Way back in the day, I bought a huge package of Gibson Brite Wires and I put them on EVERYTHING.

[@pamelaarmstrong3612]

It came already reliced, nice.

[@thegeekdude67]

You’re a solid guitar tech, Dane. Loved how you worked out the neck pocket issue. After you filed down the side, that neck seemed to sit perfectly! Great video and how awesome of the person who dropped off the gear! Great Squier partscaster! 🎸😎👊

[@vayabroder729]

This body looks identical to my 1998 Affinity Squier. Those are solid wood guitars. I retrofitted mine with good electronics and older Carvin Alnico blade pickups (SP-60s which are discontinued) and upgraded tuners, Tusq saddles, nut and string retainers and a Guitar Fetish steel tremolo block. Amazing guitar.

[@James-fu8fj]

Dane, you need some radius gauges not the radius blocks and block just a little bitty radius. Gauges sure would help you.

[@davidisenberg125]

you have saved me a few times with your massive part bins with guitar parts and amp parts

[@vinniesworld459]

Guitars are about having fun and sometimes the most fun is to put together and play a partscaster!!!! Great job you did on setting it up too!

[@chrisderoche1952]

I enjoyed that...I'm doing my first ever rebuild and so far the tremolo system is giving me the worse headache. It's a floyd rose II..not a very common device..thanks for your great videos Dane..happy Independence day

[@edwinstovall3334]

Not a bad investment, considering you threw in the labor and a set of strings.😎

[@squirrel-1969]

It's nice to see that someone was generous and dropped off the parts to build a decent guitar. I'm sure that somebody will be proud to own this little partscaster. Very nice build Mr.Z!

[@gene_takavic57]

Dane does it again!

[@larryburwell8550]

good job on putting these parts together and making it work!! nice job!! i enjoyed the video. i going to buy me a kit and make a strat like i want it to look and play myself. finish and all. thanks for you video. oh lol you can keep those fender strings ive used nothing but ghs boomers since the 70s. to me the best string. i use 9 to 42s.

[@marccarter1350]

Missed you at my usally 5.30 am Uk time this morning, you had not uploaded, but here you are :-)

[@brianstallard5446]

It's that thinner Squier body. They take it off the top, not the back.

[@russellzauner]

You just taught everyone how to surf online resale for super discount + shipping parts and make a whole guitar. Now when someone asks me what they should get for their first guitar, I'm gonna send them here! ;-) Super useful, thanks man!

[@richardayala3748]

Awesome parts caster!

[@donaldjenkins3081]

Should make an "Assembled by Zimm" sticker for the back of the head stock for all the guitars you put together

[@ilovejapanesemusic3858]

Great video! Left hand is to protect the nut?😮 I think it's better used to hold the pick!😂 I went to the website, but I didn't see a selection of left-handed guitars😢 I got a squier bullet at my local pawn shop for 40 bucks❤

[@MikeJBlues]

Body probably isn't a full thickness one hence the neck gap.

[@Ultra-Collector]

Using a neck that tight will cause horn/heal cracks. Always use a neck that’s not too snug!

[@BuckyCrittenden]

Great video! I enjoyed it. Rock on! 👍

[@Charlieboy2680]

You get way better value in most cases going used rather then new !

[@davidisenberg125]

DAMN..... knew i should have got there first

[@rockdaddy2168]

🤟😁👍I played this guitar the day it was built, nice player, good sound, good build. The body came with some real pitina and relicing that you don't have to pay some old guy named Murphy an extra $2000 to do in his lab with his car keys. This thing is ready to rock.👍

[@rogertinker1813]

I'm building one bass out 1/2 basses, I'm not near as fast as you thanks Dane

[@RevGerryRM]

I do not like Ernie Ball strings. I use D'addario strings only.

[@vayabroder729]

D’Addarios rock

[@RhoadesGuitars]

Wondering if it’s the body thickness, I’ve noticed some “lower end” squier bodies are thinner than normal. They may use a thinner neck, I’ve never compared the neck on the thinner strat to a normal one.

[@vayabroder729]

Affinity models are thinner than regular but that makes them more resonant; at least in the case of the one I have.

[@RhoadesGuitars]

@@vayabroder729 not in my case. My bullet was significantly thinner than my affinities which were not that much thinner than my American.

[@myronthurman4097]

Jack pearson plays them he has 20 annervery model sounds good to me check him out

[@benspoliticsandnewsbencook9151]

Hey I have a bass guitar I need a neck for. If you have one I would like to buy it from you than amazon.

[@rexomatic8667]

Nice video.

[@steffenruud83]

Yehaa mister,looking good that poor thing🤘😎👍Its gonna be awesome i believe…

[@edwilson7629]

Dwayne, squire sounds good. You play whatever you like. Doesn't even matter what's the popular answer. Isn't it what you're comfortable with??

[@patrickkeenan6331]

Nice cache of parts with a great builder! Partscasters are so much fun.

[@melonhusk-kt5ys]

nice sounding twanger only if i had that as a kid parents go grab that guitar!

[@billybrad204]

Ernie Ball all the way! Love them!

[@_metal.militia]

nice video

[@DouglasMcLaughlin-kq7hk]

I'm by Metro and I've got an Indonesian Squire you can have, replete with a Roland pickup. Maybe trade for Fender practice amp repair. Msg me.

[@316diag]

hand over a guitar without telling these guys the brand of strings and see how much of an expert they are. "slinky" is a successful marketing term. but ask someone the "slinkiness factor" of any set of strings. let's see how expert these folks are.

[@benspoliticsandnewsbencook9151]

I have a router you you could barrow.

[@kristopherkrahl1597]

#AWESOME 🤫 Shhh....go buy a guitar!

[@patrickkeenan6331]

.....and it looks like you need to restock some Ernie Balls! You have empty spaces on that wall!