1 year ago

Here's my new Partscaster!

So called because it's made from parts I bought and assembled in the hope it might sound good. Well I think it did...

It comprises:
An Axecaster purchased ash body with ferrules
MusiKraft Tele neck with D shape 0.9" to 1.0", fretted and tinted.
Monty's Broadcaster and full Monty neck pickups
Callaham bridge
Kluson aged tuners
Various parts from Charles Guitars
Neck to body assembly and nut from Bob at GuitarGuitar Edinburgh

I quite fancied doing another Tele build as it's simpler than a Strat in terms of set up and I like the Telecaster sound, so I fully assembled the body in preparation for the MusiKraft neck to come from the US. Very nice it is too! Highly recommended for the feel and quality. It came with frets but I ordered it without a nut so I asked Bob at Edinburgh GuitarGuitar to do one of his excellent nuts and drill the neck to match the body.
The Hosco body was a bit wider at the pocket than the neck weirdly so they don't obey the unwritten laws of Fender assembly but luckily Bob sorted all this out for me and the setup is perfect on it.

The Monty's pickups are ace and this one in particular has a sound with the tone control that remains clear even when turned down fully. It sounds more like a cocked wah than a muffled woolly sound like you normally get. Odd but just a fluke of the components given I bought a standard 0.047uF Sozo cap just like last time.

So here's my demo through a Two Rock Classic Reverb miced up with Rode NT1-A and SM57 and recorded without effects and no post processing with a Presonus Studio 68C and Studio One.