Goodwill Guitar Rescue! Building a Partscaster!

[@dragonstorm8171]

I've built quite a few parts casters over the years, one of the first things i learned is i never direct mount pickups anymore. I wasted alot of time and money on guitar body repairs by doing exactly what you did, and screwed right thru the body. I have no problem dropping a few bucks into a partscaster project and getting a set of pickup rings lol! Glad you could save the guitar though! I love getting cheap, beat up and neglected guitars and bringing them back to life, such a fun hobby!

[@JohnVillandre-h7e]

Just a little tip - if you think the screw might bust through the finished surface, put your finger tips on the back where the screw might break. Often you can feel the grain start to raise as it’s coming to the surface and you can stop and back off.

[@rmaxtpmx]

Or, you know...measure

[@johnoakley6696]

That's what little bitty sticks and thumb nails are for.😂

[@johnoakley6696]

I'm still watching and I can't believe it.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

I'm doing this kind of thing all the time, and I have to say, I'm loving it! It's about as close to luthiery as one can get without being an actual luthier. Feel free to criticise in the replies if you don't agree! I'm not 100% convinced that Dane knows absolutely everything there is to know about how guitars are made. but, I feel intuitively that this channel is 1000% sincere. Thank you Dane! (And to be honest, at least he can play guitar properly. I can’t.😒)

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

Hey Dane! Thank you so much for the like! You're a star!

[@MichaelCorcione]

I think that the wood you removed from the neck heel accidentally brought the guitar nut and the tuneomatic bridge closer together. That could be why some of the saddles had to be set all the way to the back of the bridge to allow intonation. Removing an eighth of an inch from the neck heel also decreases the scale of the neck by the same measurement.

[@FunAmbassador]

The smile on your face as you play at the end says it all.

[@Sammywhat]

That fretboard wood looks like mahogany. Fun project!! Thanks for the share!!

[@sprintcarsandguitars959]

ishibashi was a japan music store,gakki was a japan factory building guitars/basses.

[@haroldculhane4110]

I just did all the same work on a 90s ibanez rx series fretboard. Also upgraded the tuners to a vintage Fender set. Also installed a new graph tech tusk nut. Fun doing the work when the end result is good. Paid 45 bucks for it with $65 in parts, and it kicks ass. Great channel, thanks, Dane.

[@funkybundtcake]

For the bass, I found that "KK Ishibashi Gakki Ten" translates to "Ishibashi Musical Instruments Corp", but not finding anything on "Erandan" or "Lerry" from the other graphics. the body shape and headstock look a lot like a Fernandes PJS-50, but the controls are different

[@ouchthathurts6350]

I found this video by accident but I like your work! A partscaster is nearly always fun to make and yours looks cool - all the better for using spares and pieces some would ignore. For me, I'd have used a wrap around bridge to avoid drilling to fit the stop bar (because I'm a coward). Whatever, that's a good job there.

[@rmaxtpmx]

My first attempt at something like this was a massive failure, but I learned a lot about the intricacies of guitar measurements. Lots of fun regardless.

[@pedraw]

for what you've got into it I'm sure you can recover cost+. Interesting build and good on ya for saving a guitar.

[@rickramos4068]

The Zimm Man as always bringing things back to life. Great build and awesome finished product. You Rocked it big time Sir !!

[@dethangel88]

Great build! Very educational for myself. I have a 1980's Kramer Voyager that has way too many years unfinished. My parts list is 1 single pickup, 6 inline tuners, 1 kill switch, 1 jack, 4 neck screws, 1 Floyd Rose, and a paint job. I have kind of fell away from the guitar hobby for a bit. Maybe we can finish the Voyager by next year some time.

[@rock2blues59]

Partscaster build was fun and educational. T style looks and sounds good. A very enjoyable video. For Christmas everyone should ask for instruments or gear from Zimm's Guitars. Happy Holidays.

[@edwilson7629]

I like the look of the fretboard. It just looks cool to me. I always like what you do with your guitars...😊

[@Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow]

the back of the guitar with the holes is a bummer, but guess we could fill those with wood filler & maybe if we want to go all out crazy paint the black flat or matted black...

[@RandyFricke]

Projects are always fun. I have a Walmart First Act Strat that my son found in a dumpster. I cleaned it up and put a cheap but great sounding pickup on it and it's a really nice playing and sounding guitar. I would have mounted the pickups in black bezels an put black knobs on though. Looks great though except for putting the screws through the back.

[@kentadamson5409]

I've got some of those. Fun to fix up and flip them.

[@billbillards569]

In the Goodwills in the state where I live, the employees steal items like musical instruments, vinyl records...etc and sell them to record stores or put them on e-bay for sale. You are very fortunate to find items like that.

[@PhillipBlanton]

If you flatten a strat-shaped heel to go in a tele, you'll make the scale length a little too short. It's the right length to the end of the rounded heel. Normally the fretboard hangs off a little onto the body, which covers the empty corners. FYI, a Strat neck will go on a Tele, but a Tele neck will not go on a strat unless you modify the heel to be rounded a bit. I love Teles but don't really like the Tele headstock shape so that's fine with me. I'm building a new, super-tele and I'll be putting a scalloped Strat neck on it.

[@tracydee4681]

Very motivating! I’m fixing up a 1/2 scale J Reynolds for my granddaughters. You really can learn so much, have a cool beater guitar, and no worries…

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

You can do it!

[@melonhusk-kt5ys]

i'm so glad i bumped into your channel man

[@MarkSmith-vy3tq]

I've done something akin to this--never to the degree you did (i.e., pretty much full-build from spare parts with the exception of the body, which were still all used). But I can identify with the satisfaction of modifying/piecing together a guitar with already owned parts. And I'm not sure if you did this--this is my preference being a stickler for getting the most tones possible with my pickups--but I would('ve) wired the pickups (since you used a 5 way switch) in a (1) bridge hum (2) split single bridge (3) both hums combined or split to coils (4) either split neck coil or--to be fancy--bridge/neck combo split to singles (5) full neck. I'm just that way. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed watching you put together a Partscaster. Well done! Every guitar player: BE INSPIRED!!!

[@gene_takavic57]

Great project and very nice results! One of a kind, fo' sho'. Makes me want to deconstruct my lefty Squire Strat and play around some.

[@vinniesworld459]

What a fun build! Love how it turned out. Did you end up filing the heel? Was wondering whether that would affect the scale length. Eranan was Ishibashi music store's own custom guitar brand in the 80s - kinda similar to early ESP. They made some pretty whacky shapes based on customer orders back in the day too.

[@brianfitat60]

When you were talking about how thin the wood was in the pickup cavities and how low pickups were I kept saying get some wood, cut and sand to fill the excess space, and glue it in. Then you raise the pickups and lessen the chance of popping the drill or screws through the back. But you obviously didn’t hear me. 😁

[@BadFriend_s2]

Missed opportunity to put a cool trapeze tailpiece. Still looks good!

[@maninthebox01]

Glad to see I'm not the only foam floater when it comes to pickup fitment

[@kennethpeabody1333]

I'm wondering why you didn't just use pickup rings to mount the pickups?

[@jamesbossingham9694]

Evans guitars are a custom guitar company out of the UK

[@paulpennington-mv7rt]

Easy fix to screws through back thing, if even an issue~ drill all 4 all the way, add correct pickup machined screws similar to Danelectro, from the back. And then you turn it from a gooch, into an intention. Its cool because no one expects the adjust from the back...🎉 And its all Win-Win 🌹

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

Smart

[@marccarter1350]

1989/92. I had a Crete Strat then. Bought new in the uk

[@derekhensley4145]

Thanks zim ur videos are great I like how u take time to put all this together

[@mattgeo1545]

I dig projects like this. I have parts casters that play every good as my most expensive guitars (except one project SG), gonna have to "do over" wired it wrong maybe....G string won't bend, intonation jacked....anyway. loved watching that.

[@pvdguitars2951]

Nothing beats a cheap partscaster with random leftovers! Great job and result. Personally, I prefer pickup rings over direct mount, especially if the humbuckers have their covers on. Just feels more stable, and looks cleaner.

[@pierheadjump]

⚓️ Thanks Dane 🌈 cool job!!! Pickup pockets!!! glue a piece of wood to the back on the inside!!! Quick epoxy & 1/4” piece of plywood 🥸

[@carlc2597]

Very cool build and I don’t mean to criticize but why no pickup rings?

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

I just like the look

[@scottmefford6917]

Whenever possible I prefer box wrenches to sockets as well.

[@pdub4600]

I’ll be in Mesa in the new year. I’ll stop by the shop to say hi and pick up a nice acoustic.

[@tonejunkeee]

We need Chibsons and maybe some Behringer Horrortone restores

[@rockdaddy2168]

$5 flipped for $25 ? I'm going to Goodwill. See you later Dane.

[@stevenpipes1555]

Don't bother. I keep going there and i keep not finding any guitars there! Lol

[@dw7704]

Never seen anything like that in thrift stores I would pay $25 for that

[@carlc2597]

I think I would have put an after market Tele top loader bridge on it, less work?

[@jcrgtattoo333]

Yeah never throw away anything like that neck, do what you did and build a parts caster, there’s at least one kid in the family who would love to have it!, that bass is very cool, I barely made out “gakki” on the headstock, looks like a very early Japan made Jackson copy, probably the same factory that made Japanese Jackson guitars just a short time later, I’ll bet it’s a great bass.

[@BataraKado]

hey zimm i love these random guitar build videos helps me get into the mood to build new guitars lol

[@pccougar895]

I'm guessing you moved the saddles back about the same amount as you sanded off the base of the neck.

[@pawnmack]

Fingerboard color and wide grain reminds me of Rickenbacker fingerboards

[@NathanLinder]

I need a getar for about $200 if you don't mind to give me a price for the goodwill

[@J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955]

Ishibashi music in Japan makes that brand of guitar. Referring to the bass.

[@johnoakley6696]

Does anyone know how to make a truss rod jig, to run a router on and cut a gibson length channel?

[@PhillipBlanton]

That thirsty fretboard wood sure liked that little drink you gave it!

[@JamesFord-g5e]

Not. Bad just wanted to point out a one piece wraparound bridge would be less work however seeing it's made of used parts still turned out decent zimm

[@MK-1010]

Pretty cool Dane! I get the idea of using what you have, and being a little creative to make something cool. What kind of gloss finish is that on the body? At different angles, it can look like a gold top, butterscotch, or natural finish.

[@grantkoeller8911]

Front pickup screw went through the body

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome build Man..

[@clivesilk3501]

You could fit a wrap around bridge rather than drilling more holes! Cool guitar Welldone ❤

[@clivesilk3501]

Epiphone pickups are brilliant!! I use them all the time when I make guitars

[@mikeyID]

Very Cool build Dane 👍🏼💯👍🏼💯

[@michaelgmcauliffe]

In my guitar collection i have a bass that looks very similar to the one you have! Mine is a Kramer Forum IV .. look it up! It looks identical!!

[@deandee8082]

where the screws went thru back out then fill with super glue, lightly sand the back to flush again then polish lightly.. no biggie

[@richarddelatorre2977]

Great video nice rescue

[@DavidHBurkart]

Viola: The Zimmcaster is born!!

[@christopheraaron8299]

I would have used plastic pickup rings to mount the pickups.

[@bradshannon862]

Just me but I would do a short rout on the bottom of the headstock to make it stepped.

[@peterburi2727]

Isn't the bridge on backwards?

[@RobbieRaines]

Nice guitar good job.

[@kempcky]

Sounds great!

[@bobluthier3031]

seriously though...do you remove tuner ferrules from the headstock like that every time?

[@crosswalklarry]

It's a cheap neck, I'm sure he doesn't care if It chips out.

[@joemoloney1258]

Pickup rings would be nice.

[@chrisderoche1952]

I'm curious to know how much you sold that goodwill partscaster for?

[@hollylewis5302]

Super cool Dane! Way to save an old body and neck! 🤘

[@pdub4600]

Good stuff dude. Cool build

[@alext8828]

Sorry about the screws going thru. Maybe if a block of wood was glued in under the pickup, the screws could go into that? Not sure. Nice video anyway.

[@BLD0550]

You can't sand the heel down. You'll effectively change the string length and it will never intonate

[@d.whitman7455]

Shall we conversate? Does cooling vapor condensate? Then, why would a Tele intonate? (Asking for a friend... English is a B¡±čH!)

[@DumireDrDrum]

cool im in az mesa 2

[@motograter2011]

Dude that body is awesome

[@han36solo]

Awesome vid Dane! I like it!

[@123pap]

Looks good, sounds good

[@TheRealDealBobbySteele]

Looks good 👍

[@rodolfolopezduran2320]

That same guitar was in the goodwill auction for $100!

[@RevGerryRM]

I would have put a hardtail bridge on it.

[@laurencejohnson4106]

A good project!👍👍

[@luisvillarreal5262]

$25 for a guitar build is great. It’s always fun to build your own guitar and see what it will sound like. If only you had pick up rings, the screws wouldn’t have gone through the back of the guitar, but it’s okay, because it’s your own and you can do anything you want to it, as long as it works. Good job Dane. 🪛🔧🎸👍

[@johnoakley6696]

It looks to me like you could put pup rings on it anyway.

[@johnoakley6696]

It needs my new in box set dimarzio p-90 ..... for sale.....please!!!

[@will-ellington]

So a $50 guitar in shop?

[@willk.illyouii5583]

I didn't even know "Crate" made guitars?

[@motograter2011]

They made a killer Les Paul copy also

[@crosswalklarry]

Alot were given away in promotions. Like a cheap Squier.

[@foujj]

Awesome

[@mattgeo1545]

I dig it

[@J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955]

That bass retails for 700.00 found it first try on the internet

[@crosswalklarry]

Link?

[@AntiTrustNJ]

it sounds great! you did a good job!

[@bloodguts6786]

Call it the "Willcaster"

[@jessehoward6160]

If you sand the heel flat it shifts everything down the scale length by however much material you remove so unless you move the bridge also your intonation will be off ...... note: I admit I haven't watched the rest of the video yet to see what you end up doing....back to watching

[@wjewell63]

👍

[@williamdesilva67]

Ya looks like a mij bass to me.. not bad

[@crosswalklarry]

Like a USA Jackson knockoff.

[@jamescarter4312]

Looks like you made yourself a Frankinstrat

[@johnoakley6696]

Im sorry..................................😢❤

[@plkprint]

Nice try….. now we know what Not to do……

[@bencunningham8314]

Sorry pet peeve here. It is pick up "HEIGHT" not "HEIGTH". It is pronounced HITE not HITE-TH

[@d.whitman7455]

English is a B¡±čH!, my friend. Pet peeve #2: intonate is not a thing (neither is conversate or condensate). Charles III was crowned in time to see/hear his English murdered unmercifully.😢

[@MarilynMansonIsBetterThanRap]

I just saw ur store on my way home oml we are in the same state

[@timmurphy5137]

This guitar is supposed to have a wraparound stop tail

[@LevelGaza]

Hi Dane!