I've got a Charvel Pro Mod SoCal Style 1 on my list, but I've already got a similar Partscaster. A new Explorer style something or other, or maybe a Jaguar?
October 24, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I've got a Charvel Pro Mod SoCal Style 1 on my list, but I've already got a similar Partscaster. A new Explorer style something or other, or maybe a Jaguar?
Hacking together a new partscaster and filed some fret ends for the first time. I would not hire me after what I did, but it's a pretty straight forward process and kinda meditative. If I ever retire from comics, I'm gonna be a luthier!
October 22, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Hacking together a new partscaster and filed some fret ends for the first time. I would not hire me after what I did, but it's a pretty straight forward process and kinda meditative. If I ever retire from comics, I'm gonna be a luthier!
I will say, fuck FMIC. All my homies hate FMIC. If you want a Squier, get one used, if you want to spend Fender money (especially Vintera/AV money) you can get exactly what you want and not just 80% of what you want with a partscaster.
October 14, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I will say, fuck FMIC. All my homies hate FMIC. If you want a Squier, get one used, if you want to spend Fender money (especially Vintera/AV money) you can get exactly what you want and not just 80% of what you want with a partscaster.
Do I build a sparkle purple partscaster and start learning chords 🤔
October 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Do I build a sparkle purple partscaster and start learning chords 🤔
Grateful my buddy Chase Reeves made a video about the Offkilter guitar build I did for him. He articulated some things about the guitar better than I ever could have! youtu.be/Or23Lv_v6w8?is=6GSnj...
This Offkilter Guitar Broke My Brain
Here's my deep dive review of the new guitar from Offkilter designed by Dan Provost. Timecode and links below 🙏
OFFKILTER GUITARS: https://bag.gg/OffkilterGuitars
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- wearing the denim shirt in both pearl snaps and traditional buttons
- also wearing their coyote hat
0:00 Intro
0:40 Body Style
2:40 My Sound Setup
3:21 Poncho
- Poncho Shirts: https://bag.gg/PonchoSponsor
4:45 "Partscaster"
- My Build Sheet: https://offkilterguitars.com/products/bld-004
6:23 The Neck
9:57 Electronics + Knobs
10:42 Pickup Testing
13:22 The Relic-ing Debate
15:59 Conclusions
Chase Lynks:
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October 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Grateful my buddy Chase Reeves made a video about the Offkilter guitar build I did for him. He articulated some things about the guitar better than I ever could have! youtu.be/Or23Lv_v6w8?is=6GSnj...
L-R:
1) Built myself.
2) Schecter Solo II Custom
3) Partscaster.
1) Built myself.
2) Schecter Solo II Custom
3) Partscaster.
October 1, 2026 at 2:50 AM
L-R:
1) Built myself.
2) Schecter Solo II Custom
3) Partscaster.
1) Built myself.
2) Schecter Solo II Custom
3) Partscaster.
Yay collections! I’ve seen your lovely Supro, what else do you favour? There are more scattered round the studio here - Squier VM Thinline Tele and a CV Starcaster, a partscaster Thinline Tele (WIP since 2012!), a ‘70s Jap Jazz Bass copy & a coupla crappy acoustics I saved from going in a skip 😁
September 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Yay collections! I’ve seen your lovely Supro, what else do you favour? There are more scattered round the studio here - Squier VM Thinline Tele and a CV Starcaster, a partscaster Thinline Tele (WIP since 2012!), a ‘70s Jap Jazz Bass copy & a coupla crappy acoustics I saved from going in a skip 😁
me looking at my partscaster:
You’re not ready for the way I’d take you apart, piece by piece, until I own every moan. Still think you can last? 😈
September 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
me looking at my partscaster:
I’m pretty psyched about this new partscaster I put together with my buddy Stan Day. Body from Japan, neck from a Fender Baja and Lollar pickups (firebird in the neck) w/ a 4 way switch. This one is for gigs in posh venues. Tuxedo gigs.
September 25, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I’m pretty psyched about this new partscaster I put together with my buddy Stan Day. Body from Japan, neck from a Fender Baja and Lollar pickups (firebird in the neck) w/ a 4 way switch. This one is for gigs in posh venues. Tuxedo gigs.
Partscaster/Telecaster. Put a new neck on it this weekend:
Allparts Vee Profile Neck
Kent Armstrong - 6 Shooter PAF Style Humbucker
Kent Armstrong - Power Blades Hum Cancelling Pickup
Gotoh BS-TC2 Bridge
Hosco Vintage Tone Revival Tuners
Squier Affinity body – originally Metallic Blue.
Allparts Vee Profile Neck
Kent Armstrong - 6 Shooter PAF Style Humbucker
Kent Armstrong - Power Blades Hum Cancelling Pickup
Gotoh BS-TC2 Bridge
Hosco Vintage Tone Revival Tuners
Squier Affinity body – originally Metallic Blue.
September 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Partscaster/Telecaster. Put a new neck on it this weekend:
Allparts Vee Profile Neck
Kent Armstrong - 6 Shooter PAF Style Humbucker
Kent Armstrong - Power Blades Hum Cancelling Pickup
Gotoh BS-TC2 Bridge
Hosco Vintage Tone Revival Tuners
Squier Affinity body – originally Metallic Blue.
Allparts Vee Profile Neck
Kent Armstrong - 6 Shooter PAF Style Humbucker
Kent Armstrong - Power Blades Hum Cancelling Pickup
Gotoh BS-TC2 Bridge
Hosco Vintage Tone Revival Tuners
Squier Affinity body – originally Metallic Blue.
Seemed like they were stumped by it and think it might be a partscaster build which I've thought about too
September 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Seemed like they were stumped by it and think it might be a partscaster build which I've thought about too
My partscaster bass is done! It's my first time using sparkle paint.
(mind my dirty couch)
(mind my dirty couch)
September 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My partscaster bass is done! It's my first time using sparkle paint.
(mind my dirty couch)
(mind my dirty couch)
Assembled from a mishmash of parts sitting around. Stuff I also wanted to improve on from my last two tele builds.
Body from local luthier Rich Babik. African Mahogany & Maple. Brazilian Ebony Neck & SS Frets. Hipshot Bridge/Tuners. Lollar Pickups. Ziricote Control Plate.
#telecaster #partscaster
Body from local luthier Rich Babik. African Mahogany & Maple. Brazilian Ebony Neck & SS Frets. Hipshot Bridge/Tuners. Lollar Pickups. Ziricote Control Plate.
#telecaster #partscaster
August 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Assembled from a mishmash of parts sitting around. Stuff I also wanted to improve on from my last two tele builds.
Body from local luthier Rich Babik. African Mahogany & Maple. Brazilian Ebony Neck & SS Frets. Hipshot Bridge/Tuners. Lollar Pickups. Ziricote Control Plate.
#telecaster #partscaster
Body from local luthier Rich Babik. African Mahogany & Maple. Brazilian Ebony Neck & SS Frets. Hipshot Bridge/Tuners. Lollar Pickups. Ziricote Control Plate.
#telecaster #partscaster
My new Schecter is really nice but, honestly, I’m mostly playing a partscaster J bass that I made out of a Warmoth body and a [higher end] Squier neck these days.
August 29, 2026 at 2:48 AM
My new Schecter is really nice but, honestly, I’m mostly playing a partscaster J bass that I made out of a Warmoth body and a [higher end] Squier neck these days.
he ended up selling his because its "travel guitar" job got taken once he figured out how to make a partscaster fit in a suitcase without needing tools or a re-setup
August 23, 2026 at 8:04 PM
he ended up selling his because its "travel guitar" job got taken once he figured out how to make a partscaster fit in a suitcase without needing tools or a re-setup
Kudos to the seller for not trying to pass it off as a Fender Custom Shop model. You have to have kind of a sick Fender fetish to put a partscaster together and add that neck plate, fender logo and fake (?) serial number. Partscasters are cool in and of themselves! Why go to all that effort?
August 21, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Kudos to the seller for not trying to pass it off as a Fender Custom Shop model. You have to have kind of a sick Fender fetish to put a partscaster together and add that neck plate, fender logo and fake (?) serial number. Partscasters are cool in and of themselves! Why go to all that effort?
Partscasters are a crapshoot, but for $375 it's a fairly low-stakes crapshoot, especially since whoever you hired to put a Bigsby onto it (which would still have your total outlay under $1k) would do a full setup as part of that process...
www.craigslist.org/view/d/minne...
www.craigslist.org/view/d/minne...
Fender Deluxe Telecaster HH Partcaster - musical instruments - by owner - sale - craigslist
Very nice Telecaster Deluxe style partscaster with gold hardware. Made with quality parts. Plays and sounds great. Squier Deluxe Telecaster contoured body Wilkinson bridge Saphue locking tuners...
www.craigslist.org
August 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Partscasters are a crapshoot, but for $375 it's a fairly low-stakes crapshoot, especially since whoever you hired to put a Bigsby onto it (which would still have your total outlay under $1k) would do a full setup as part of that process...
www.craigslist.org/view/d/minne...
www.craigslist.org/view/d/minne...
It's finally done! I've built my first ever partscaster guitar; say hello to Raven the 27" baritone telecaster!
I'd still like to get a matching strap, a custom waterslide headstock decal and get the neck plate engraved, but she's fully playable!
I'd still like to get a matching strap, a custom waterslide headstock decal and get the neck plate engraved, but she's fully playable!
August 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
It's finally done! I've built my first ever partscaster guitar; say hello to Raven the 27" baritone telecaster!
I'd still like to get a matching strap, a custom waterslide headstock decal and get the neck plate engraved, but she's fully playable!
I'd still like to get a matching strap, a custom waterslide headstock decal and get the neck plate engraved, but she's fully playable!
just restrung and roughly intonated my tele for 9-42s cause I'm incredibly rusty and I forgot how fucking good it feels to play fast on light strings holy fuck. I love 1.5 note bends so much
August 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM
just restrung and roughly intonated my tele for 9-42s cause I'm incredibly rusty and I forgot how fucking good it feels to play fast on light strings holy fuck. I love 1.5 note bends so much
Partscaster with a bridge rail humbucker going through a very old Zoom multifx processor for the delays and reverb into the effects loop, and a tubscreamer clone going into the front of a slightly cranked amp for dirt, volume knob to taste.
Setting up is a fucking chore, but worth it, I guess?
Setting up is a fucking chore, but worth it, I guess?
August 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Partscaster with a bridge rail humbucker going through a very old Zoom multifx processor for the delays and reverb into the effects loop, and a tubscreamer clone going into the front of a slightly cranked amp for dirt, volume knob to taste.
Setting up is a fucking chore, but worth it, I guess?
Setting up is a fucking chore, but worth it, I guess?
If I ever find a used Pacifica in that 80s oak kitchen cabinet finish for a decent price, that's definitely gonna be it, though I'll probably just slap a partscaster together before that happens (I did just pick up a neck at the parts shop. Slight twist, but nothing that can't be dealt with via...
July 27, 2026 at 4:37 AM
If I ever find a used Pacifica in that 80s oak kitchen cabinet finish for a decent price, that's definitely gonna be it, though I'll probably just slap a partscaster together before that happens (I did just pick up a neck at the parts shop. Slight twist, but nothing that can't be dealt with via...
Got Dexter - my very unloved partscaster guitar - back from a setup today.
Turns out it really suits my Tweed Deluxe amp.
Kinda kicking myself for having never tried it with that amp before 🤦♂️
Turns out it really suits my Tweed Deluxe amp.
Kinda kicking myself for having never tried it with that amp before 🤦♂️
February 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Got Dexter - my very unloved partscaster guitar - back from a setup today.
Turns out it really suits my Tweed Deluxe amp.
Kinda kicking myself for having never tried it with that amp before 🤦♂️
Turns out it really suits my Tweed Deluxe amp.
Kinda kicking myself for having never tried it with that amp before 🤦♂️
Here is the link, Croissant didn’t include it for some reason: www.danprovost.com/blog/2024/12...
Offset P-90 Build — Dan Provost
Earlier this year I built my first “partscaster,” a Strat with P-90s using parts from Warmoth. Of course, I still had the itch to do more, so I decided to try my hand at creating my own guitar body f...
www.danprovost.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Here is the link, Croissant didn’t include it for some reason: www.danprovost.com/blog/2024/12...
Ok, let’s try to get this thing actually playable.
July 12, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Ok, let’s try to get this thing actually playable.
I was wondering if you had built your own from parts purchasing.
In guitar parlance, a partscaster, if you will.
In guitar parlance, a partscaster, if you will.
March 8, 2024 at 1:07 AM
I was wondering if you had built your own from parts purchasing.
In guitar parlance, a partscaster, if you will.
In guitar parlance, a partscaster, if you will.