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So not that predictable.
I've never gone down the partsocaster path, but many many times I've taken the chassis of a good copy, or indeed C/Shop and even a players grade original 60's Strat and customised them to max out the guitars playing performance - So I prefer the hot rod approach to a good replica, whatever that might be
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It has a one-piece swamp ash body, with a thin Tru Oil finish, nice one piece maple neck, hand wound pickups, quality hardware, everything is solidly put together and lines up properly, frets levelled and dressed nicely, bone nut... - so what's wrong with it?
I would never never discourage anyone from having a go. But i know for a fact many stop when they get it playable, and I think that's what the OP's negative mate is referring to.
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I'm hoping it will be as good as fender but who knows until all the money is spent and its put together.
I have owned a lot of fender cs guitars and they are brilliant but there has always been something that i don't like. I do want to feel like i own an old guitar and it feels good in my hands. I want a V shape rosewood neck with an ultra thin nitro. Thats easy to play, plus the compound radius is important. 10-16.
For me its the excitement of building it and seeing with my specs "can i make a better guitar" I guess i have to try!
I've built a few and kept one. A pro setup makes the difference. A Telecaster for example you can easily get CS quality for a quarter of the price. What you won't get however is the aged Nitro finish, which probably accounts for much of the labour costs of the CS guitar. Personally I prefer oil anyway, which is easy to do and feels great.
Plus some aspects might be better, mine has Callaham and Glendale hardware, arguably better than Fender's? Also potentially better pickups, but I like Fender pickups so I've gone the other way from BKP to Fender's own Nocaster pickups.
Also beware however, if you go the partscaster route you will not get a certificate of authenticity and lots of case candy, which seems as important as the guitar to some people.
If I knew I liked the type of guitar I'd go parts every time, why wouldn't you if you knew it'd be a guitar you want to keep forever?
It's a GSP Basses body (Obeche) and neck (Quartersawn maple) put together with fender hardware and until I get around to affording new ones, Japanese Fender 60's re-issue pickups.
It's currently being set up at @SteveRobinson ......'Manchester Guitar Tech' which will give it that professional feel when it's done.
This wasn't built for me as such but was a gift to me from one of my two best friends when I got to a milestone after rehab.
I'll have it with me at the Jam Session in September if anyone wants to try it out.
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After owning this one I would definitely go the 'Partscaster' route again myself but I do fully condone the final step being having it professionally set up, but then every new guitar I've ever owned needed that in some respect as well so it's no different really.
I'm very much looking forward to getting this back all done sometime next week or the week after, depending on Steve's workload. Maybe he can comment on it here if he likes?
It's special to me for the reason that it was such an unexpected and thoughtful gift but I think if you were to play it once it's been set up, you'd probably go away thinking it was quite a special Telecaster.
I'll be interested to see what people think of it at the Jam Session.