does any body know a good site for building your own fender guitar? i'd love to assemble one myself and probably customize some of the electronics abit.
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Posted on Aug 18 2010 06:01 PM
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Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 183 N.C. 
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Posted on Aug 18 2010 07:15 PM
They have kits on this site ....... Johnny Rocket |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11077 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Aug 18 2010 07:48 PM
Bangbang - off topic - love the avatar. Ultraman surfing! What's he holding? —Danny Snyder I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 183 N.C.
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Posted on Aug 18 2010 08:05 PM
Thanks Danny , he's holding a ukulele .... —Johnny Rocket |
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Joined: Jul 04, 2010 Posts: 369 Ottawa
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Posted on Aug 18 2010 08:17 PM
yeah, that ultra man picture is amazing! — |
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Posted on Aug 18 2010 08:18 PM
oh yeah, and has anybody tried these kits? — |
Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 333 Los Angeles
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Posted on Aug 18 2010 09:01 PM
Just checked it out...currently OUT OF STOCK. |
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Joined: Jul 04, 2010 Posts: 369 Ottawa
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 09:21 AM
just found warmoth http://www.warmoth.com/ |
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Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 333 Los Angeles
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 10:19 AM
You can build an accurate Swinger (Arrow, Musiclander) replica there! Or isn't that the Fender you had in mind? |
Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 10:31 AM
I'm pretty intrigued by these kits from Mark & Matt Jenny: http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Order-Rplmt-Body-Neck-Hardware-4-Stratocaster-/280508576903?pt=Guitar http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Order-Replmnt-Body-Neck-Hardware-4-Jazzmaster-/390190667880?pt=Guitar $800 for everything except for the electronics is pretty good, considering you are getting lightweight wood with a professional nitro finish (you don't have to relic them either). I already have a few strat parts lying around, and I was thinking (well obsessing, actually) of getting a 3.5lb swamp ash body with an oly white nitro body for $375 from these guys. (It's a lot less then what you'd pay for a Fender equivalent.) There are also electric kits on the bay for reasonable prices, both DIY and pre-soldered (though the electric kits I'd just buy piecemeal. — |
Joined: Aug 27, 2008 Posts: 1570 New York
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 10:50 AM
Mike.. I don't see the advantage to purchasing that $800 dollar kit. You can piece together all of this stuff at Warmoth and other sources and save a couple of hundred bucks. The only thing you can't get there is the distressed hardware and details. |
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Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 11:55 AM
I don't know about that, Matt... I haven't seen many other near-complete kits being offered by the usual suspects (warmoth, allparts, mightymite), but keep in mind all of the other parts (bridge, tuners, pickguard, etc.) can really add up when you embark on one of these projects. I comparison shopped the crap out of my last partscaster, and it still totaled over $1000 (granted that was with a Callaham trem and Lindy pickups); the body was just a std. MIM with a poly finish too. In fact, I just went to all of these places again, double-checked comparable bodies (most don't even offer nitro), and I really don't see the hundreds in savings. — |
Joined: Mar 16, 2010 Posts: 215 Norwalk Ca
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 01:35 PM
correct me if im wrong but wouldn't most Warmoth parts be compatible only with only other warmoth parts, for example only a warmoth strat pickguard would fit a warmoth strat body, and a neck? on the other hand a GuitarFetish strat body is fits a fender pickguard and a neck 100% —http://reverbnation.com/Bodysnatchers |
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 04:11 PM
if you are handy, and have some tools, there are great forums at the telecaster pages, and offsetguitars. lots of cool projects to follow, and info to absorb. |
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Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 05:44 PM
To my knowledge, most aftermarket strat parts are interchangeable, with each other and with genuine Fender parts. The only gotchas are things like MIM vs MIA vintage trem screw spacing, 70's and 70's reissues using 3 screws instead of 4, vintage pickguards having 8 holes instead of 11, etc. Easy to avoid with the proper research, but I guess a kit would eliminate the chances of these pitfalls.
I guess for $200-$300 you could technically build a strat... is this assuming the builder would be doing all of the finishing themselves? (I'd be pretty afraid of the tremolo system you'd have to buy for $25 to meet this kind of budget, haha.) — |
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Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 333 Los Angeles
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 06:10 PM
We had a fellow on here a while back that couldn't get his new neck to fit his Strat 4 hole pocket. After a comment or two as I recall someone asked the golden question: did you get a Fender neck as well or is it aftermarket? It was a Wormoth which he forgot to mention. — |
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Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 07:57 PM
Wow, that's pretty weak if they're doing that on purpose! Good to keep in mind if I decide to go with an aftermarket body. — |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 10:44 PM
I built a custom telecaster using authentic Fender parts from this ebay seller: The STRATosphere (they sell all kinds of Fender parts) http://stores.ebay.com/thestratosphere the Tele I built had a CIJ ash body, a MIM maple Esqire neck, custom vintage cloth wiring and old time electronics, 4-position switch, USA style switches and knobs and such, vintage style USA custom shop Broadcaster pickups, Bigsby tremolo and a Schaller bridge, straplocks too...It turned out so good, I ended up giving it away to my good pal for his 40th birthday....he totally digs it! I was able to build it for around $600... and I sort of Cadillac-ed it out... |
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 10:47 PM
I bought a neck from Warmoth and a body from USA Custom Guitars. They both showed up at my house looking great. The guitar will cost more than a mass produced Fender in the end. I am okay with that. As much as I love Fender guitars they don't make one that is perfect for me. Buying the parts and putting it together myself I get everything I want and nothing that I don't want. No changing out the pick-ups. |
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Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 333 Los Angeles
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Posted on Aug 19 2010 11:31 PM
I should be more clear that it was the pre-drilled holes that were the problem, not the fit of the neck in pocket. — |
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