Build Your Dream Partscaster Guitar
Building a partscaster is a great way to get the customized guitar you ve always dreamed of, and learn essential lutherie skills along the way. In this video, our guest Dan Petrzelka shows how to build a custom tstyle partscaster, stepbystep, so you can follow along at home. 0:00 Gathering Parts 3:09 Body and Neck Considerations 6:11 The Truss Rod 7:08 Choosing Tuners 9:33 Installing Tuners 17:47 String Ferrules 19:53 Strap Buttons 21:56 Body Neck Alignment 25:06 The Bridge 26:56 The Bridge Pickup 30:27 Approximating Intonation 31:29 The Neck Pickup 33:52 Control Plate Selection 37:41 Wiring the Control Plate 44:06 Installing the Pickguard 50:15 The Output Jack 52:28 Final Wiring 54:59 Knobs and Switch Tips 57:07 Fret Buffing and Fretboard Cleaning 57:42 Final Alignment 58:15 The String Tree 59:00 Setup 1:05:51 Pickup Height 1:07:00 Sound Demo Photos used with permission from Getty Images and Nina Raj (ninaraj).
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