DIY Project: Building a Partscaster Electric Guitar

This blog is to document my DIY project of building a Telecaster-style electric guitar from prefabricated parts. As I'm not really experienced in the building of string instruments, I decided not to completely build the guitar from scratch, but to buy an inexpensive neck and body, and modify, assemble and make adjustments to my liking.

2015-11-09

Quick update - mounting the string through ferrules

This is just a quick update - I mounted the string through ferrules to the back of the guitar.
They fit very tighly, I had to push them in with a piece of wood and a hammer:



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    • ▼  November (23)
      • First time playing...
      • Setting the intonation
      • Adjusting the pickup height
      • Adjusting the string height
      • Setting the neck curve
      • Stringing it up
      • Aging and mounting the plates
      • Getting my parts back
      • Soldering together the parts and further assemblin...
      • Some further assembly activities...
      • Leveling and crowning the frets
      • More tests on how to age aluminum...
      • Off-topic (sort of) - dropped off pickguard, truss...
      • Quick update - mounting the string through ferrules
      • Making the truss rod cover and headstock plate
      • Some minor additions...
      • ... and some more wax...
      • The finish - part IV - waxing
      • Styling the plates for engraving
      • The finish - part III - oiling
      • An aged body!
      • Preparing the bridge positioning - placing pickgua...
      • Preparing the bridge positioning - screwing the ne...
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