Partscaster for the WIN! How to get a good cheap guitar.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Let me know if you have any specific questions!

[@tony_leo]

It's great to see love for partscasters and other customized instruments. I'm allergic to spending a lot of money so this route has always worked for me.

[@joeb564]

I have put together a few. Nothing wrong with a well put together partscaster. And a good learning experience

[@aceofspades1542]

Thank you for making that video, was among the people who commented asking about it in previous video, hope to hear it more in live situations 👍🏻 rock on

[@hawkgeoff]

Love your comment that it's cheap and one of your favs. After 40+ years of playing, buying, and selling I learned that price means very little in regards to the actual performance of the instrument. In my opinion... and if you're fairly mechanically inclined, the best way to get a killer strat (or tele) style guitar is to go out and buy a good quality loaded pickguard and all your hardware. Then go out and buy three different bodies and three different necks. This gives you a combination of 9 different guitars. Start putting different necks on different bodies and I can almost guarantee you you're going to stumble on one of those 9 potential combinations being absolutely stellar. And you don't and shouldn't discount squier bodies and necks (and those are inexpensive(notice I didn't say "cheap") For the record this is coming from a guy who has owned Fender "Custom Shop" guitars. Also for the record, I don't own any custom shop guitars anymore. They are cool if you are a collector, but if you get a custom shop guitar that's wood just doesn't have that "it" factor or the neck and body combo kills the tone you have a $5000.00 guitar that people who don't know any better will covet, but wrongly assuming that it must be awesome when it may be just an OK guitar... when you could have a 500-700 guitar(after you sell off the bodies and necks you don't use) you'll keep for ever. (My number 1 happens to be a mexi deluxe neck on what I think is also a Mexi body with 57/62 pups. If someone wanted to trade their brand new NOS custom shop strat straight up I'd tell them to pound salt. There is no particular reason, but this particular body and this particular neck pair up for the most amazing guitar I've ever held. It just does... My number 2 is a Mexi body, squier affinity(yes affinity) neck with some hot noieless pups. Don't turn up your nose at partscasters... Hell, didn't Clapton's sell for about a mil??? Use your ears, don't look at the price tag.

[@jamesthainmusic]

Great video and what a find! I love how the body shape is different from a tele definitely adds to the character

[@jaygallamore562]

I am fortunate to own several high end guitars. During COVID I built a cheap partscaster as a learning project followed by one using high end parts including body and neck from Warmoth. It is one of the nicest guitars I own and it means even more since I have the sweat equity in it. Thanks for highlighting partscasters.

[@druwk]

Score! Exactly the kind of guitar I want next. Pine Tele I love Partscasters! Working on them has taught me how to file fret ends, setup the action, solder. Mastery Bridge looks DOPE!

[@tonymesser6988]

Love my Partscaster!

[@EricMarinko]

Without having any idea what it was, this guitar really stood out and sounded fantastic live. I love that it turned out to be a Partscaster. Just goes to show... lol.

[@adamscottv]

Sounds great Michael. Good video.

[@derekclacton]

1:03 Great live clip! 🎸👍

[@blanejohnson9045]

Bought an ash mjt body, roasted warmoth neck with jumbo ss frets, lollar pickups, assembled by a worldclass Luthier here in Georgia. Its bitchin.

[@antoonhermans8953]

yep , leo fender already said his guitars where in fact partscasters , so no need for spending a ton of money on marketing/branding BS to get an good sounding and playing strat or tele , both of mine are partscasters and they play/sound great .

[@KleyDeJong]

Awesome guitar Michael! I totally agree that partscasters can be a real steal.

[@Gratefulman1965]

Thanks for this video Michael, I recently purchased my second Partscaster. This is a very useful video with some great information. By the way both my purchases were less than 700.00 each including case.

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

superb video Michael W. Westbrook. I killed the thumbs up on your video. Keep on up the brilliant work.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks!

[@mikewinkler9124]

Well yeah,,,but thankfully you covered everything I needed to know.Good Luck...GOD Bless

[@JackLeeTheFirst]

If the fretwork is good most of the time partscasters are so cool!

[@kratmyr5510]

Love it! What company made the body?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Glendale!

[@kratmyr5510]

Thanks 👍

[@chairmankaga101]

My next project is to build a Tele from parts. I think I'll probably get an Allparts neck but I'm not sure about the pickup configuration. I kind of want a P90 in the neck for something different, or maybe a Nashville configuration, but I'm not sure. I just know I want a classic single coil in the bridge, because otherwise it ain't a Tele. I might find a true beater body and try out a few different setups, but still invest in quality parts, like the Mastery bridge, that can be transplanted.

[@davidrobinsonmusician]

Nice guitar and nice playing! How do you feel about the All Parts necks? I’m looking to get a maple neck for my partscaster and those seem to be the most affordable.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

It’s not bad at all. I haven’t had an all maple neck like this in a while so it’s different for me in that regard. It’s the big fat neck profile which I’m liking a lot. I also wonder if the big neck helps the overall resonance of the guitar.

[@davidrobinsonmusician]

@@MichaelWWestbrook That would a big plus for me, the current neck is pretty thin and my big hands would prefer a chunky neck. What profile is yours? V, C, U?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Not exactly sure.. not a V for sure. I believe they call it the “FAT” all parts profile

[@DieselWeazel]

I’m planning on buying a budget Strat and souping it up. What do you think about cheap kit guitars?

[@jerrymckenzie6205]

The guitar sounds great Michael, were you playing it through your Marshall clone?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks! Actually my 5e3 clone

[@CatchMeOutside361]

Man I REALLY dig that body and pickgaurd! Is this a “1 off” or can we search and certain name to find more of these?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Just a one off but the body is made by Glendale

[@CatchMeOutside361]

@@MichaelWWestbrook oh yes you did mention that! Thanks 🙏 Great video brother 🤙

[@JaniceLalla]

Good to take a risk sometimes!

[@weschilton]

Was this bought from an individual who made this or from a shop that puts these kinds of guitars together?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

reverb.com/shop/guitar-love-61?

[@weschilton]

@@MichaelWWestbrook Ah cool, thanks! I think that this is an important distinction. Someone who does this as a hobby or business, if likely to do better than someone who threw one of these together as a one-off.

[@royyazzie6028]

Not bad for tune she perfectly fits in the game of guitar world i say 👌😎

[@ogracer]

hipshot tuners & $170 bridge isnt exactly cheap. nice guitar still.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Yeah, the parts are worth way more than what I paid for the guitar!