Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Self built and self assembly ;)

Moderators: Slowy, Capt. Black

User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 43187
meble-kuchenne.warszawa.pl
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 2254 times
Been liked: 3873 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Bg »

murky wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:36 pm Warm the pocket up. Put the neck in the freezer for an hour. Boom - rock solid when they acclimatise back.

In all seriousness though, this is a pretty common trick when fitting two tight tolerance metal parts together.
Not so good with wood though..... 'CRACK@!!!!!!@@@@####' ;)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 43187
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 2254 times
Been liked: 3873 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Bg »

Miza wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:16 pm
sizzlingbadger wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:01 am Looking good so far. I'd be interested in what it cost to build. I looked at building a Tele last year but the price of a good body and neck combined with shipping from the USA made it pretty expensive so I gave up on the idea.
Here's the full breakdown of what everything cost me (so far). Doesn't take into account a pro set up (if required).
Also, I had $150 worth of Rockshop vouchers, so the case only cost me $50. That helped a bit.
All purchases were made between Sept and Dec last year, so the exchange rate might be different now.
Partscaster costs.jpg
and the sale price, should you ever wish to sell it..... $600 ;) Why do we do this to ourselves?
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

User avatar
Miza
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2302
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:07 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 752 times
Been liked: 252 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Miza »

Bg wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:13 am
Miza wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:16 pm
sizzlingbadger wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:01 am Looking good so far. I'd be interested in what it cost to build. I looked at building a Tele last year but the price of a good body and neck combined with shipping from the USA made it pretty expensive so I gave up on the idea.
Here's the full breakdown of what everything cost me (so far). Doesn't take into account a pro set up (if required).
Also, I had $150 worth of Rockshop vouchers, so the case only cost me $50. That helped a bit.
All purchases were made between Sept and Dec last year, so the exchange rate might be different now.
Partscaster costs.jpg
and the sale price, should you ever wish to sell it..... $600 ;) Why do we do this to ourselves?
:lol: Yerp.

I figure if I ever sell, I'll strip it and sell it as parts again. Not that I will ever sell it (he said to himself convincingly).
Nothing to see here.

User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 43187
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 2254 times
Been liked: 3873 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Bg »

and you'll get about $600 for the parts ;)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

User avatar
Miza
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2302
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:07 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 752 times
Been liked: 252 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Miza »

Progress update.
Applied the decal:
20220304_215916.jpg
20220304_215916.jpg (3.98 MiB) Viewed 3042 times
Installed string ferrules (was glad they sit flush):
20220305_103312.jpg
20220305_103312.jpg (1.76 MiB) Viewed 3042 times
And shielded the cavities with copper tape:
20220305_161541.jpg
20220305_161541.jpg (2.5 MiB) Viewed 3042 times
Although I've since watched a vid that reckons shielding the control cavity is a waste of time, and that the biggest benefit is doing the whole back of the pickguard.

Also, does anyone know if because of the shielding I need to do anything different with the ground wiring for the controls?
Nothing to see here.

User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 43187
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 2254 times
Been liked: 3873 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Bg »

you're aiming for a faraday cage, so shield the whole lot.

you also want star grounding with a single source of earth.

you're also using single coils, its still going to be noisy. Especially at the Michael Fowler Centre in Welly....
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

User avatar
Miza
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2302
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:07 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 752 times
Been liked: 252 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Miza »

Yeah I connected them all together with solder and wire. Haven't tested it yet.
20220305_161554.jpg
20220305_161554.jpg (2.45 MiB) Viewed 3025 times
Nothing to see here.

User avatar
jeremyb
Chorus of Organs
Posts: 40891
Joined: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:03 am
Has liked: 7692 times
Been liked: 4159 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by jeremyb »

Lovely job on the ferrules, exactly what I did on my old Tele, glorious!
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

User avatar
StrummersOfThunder
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 7163
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:23 pm
Has liked: 808 times
Been liked: 1298 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by StrummersOfThunder »

Looking good mate

User avatar
Miza
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2302
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:07 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 752 times
Been liked: 252 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Miza »

Update #47:
Filed the bone nut with some very dodgy aliexpress nut files, very amateur job, will see how it plays. Fall back option will be a graphtech tusq nut.
20220308_185203.jpg
20220308_185203.jpg (2.06 MiB) Viewed 2820 times
And the most nerve wrecking part so far, drilling and attaching the neck.
20220308_185148.jpg
20220308_185148.jpg (2.53 MiB) Viewed 2820 times
20220308_193708.jpg
20220308_193708.jpg (2.27 MiB) Viewed 2820 times
Nothing to see here.

User avatar
Miza
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2302
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:07 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 752 times
Been liked: 252 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Miza »

20220308_194344.jpg
20220308_194344.jpg (3.31 MiB) Viewed 2819 times
And the result:
20220308_200358.jpg
20220308_200358.jpg (3.1 MiB) Viewed 2819 times
Nothing to see here.

IMOCD
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 1744
Joined: Tue May 10, 2016 9:04 pm
Has liked: 480 times
Been liked: 222 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by IMOCD »

Must be huge relief when you see the e strings lined up like that. Nice.

User avatar
Miza
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2302
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:07 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 752 times
Been liked: 252 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by Miza »

Yeah it was great to get that part over with.
Nothing to see here.

User avatar
Miza
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2302
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:07 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 752 times
Been liked: 252 times

MJT bridge cavity depth

Post by Miza »

Any other MJT owners struggle to fit the bridge p/u into the cavity?

I had to drill holes to fit the three p/u screws, and now the cable is getting in the way and preventing the bridge from sitting flush. I'll keep hacking away to get it to fit, but just found it a bit odd?
Nothing to see here.

User avatar
sty
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2945
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:26 pm
Location: Christchurch
Has liked: 207 times
Been liked: 264 times

Re: Considering a partscaster: Please im-part your knowledge

Post by sty »

IMOCD wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:34 pm Must be huge relief when you see the e strings lined up like that. Nice.
I'm stressing over doing this on my build, and I'm nowhere near doing this yet.

Post Reply