jubal81
Well-known member
I finally built a partscaster and I love how the project turned out!
I'm a small dude and I've always wanted a 24" scale Telecaster, so I bit the bullet and assembled one myself.
The body is a 7/8 Tele body from Warmoth and the neck is a roasted maple Jag neck, also from Warmoth.
For the pickups, I put a Lollar Firebird in the neck and a Zexcoil noiseless '64 Tele in the bridge.
Beyond impressed with all the parts.
A few other notes:
I used threaded inserts for the neck bolts (and had to fill and redrill them after a screwup).
Painting the body was really not fun. First attempt was wood stain, which looked like a dried up dog turd. I sanded that off and did Duplicolor primer and Perfect Match, with GluBoost lacquer shot as the clear. It started cracking all over with giant craters. I stripped all that off and started over again. Third time was the charm, redoing the Duplicator method, but using a 2K clear instead. It's not perfect, but plenty good enough for me. Next time I'm 100% having Warmoth do the painting.
I'm a small dude and I've always wanted a 24" scale Telecaster, so I bit the bullet and assembled one myself.
The body is a 7/8 Tele body from Warmoth and the neck is a roasted maple Jag neck, also from Warmoth.
For the pickups, I put a Lollar Firebird in the neck and a Zexcoil noiseless '64 Tele in the bridge.
Beyond impressed with all the parts.
A few other notes:
I used threaded inserts for the neck bolts (and had to fill and redrill them after a screwup).
Painting the body was really not fun. First attempt was wood stain, which looked like a dried up dog turd. I sanded that off and did Duplicolor primer and Perfect Match, with GluBoost lacquer shot as the clear. It started cracking all over with giant craters. I stripped all that off and started over again. Third time was the charm, redoing the Duplicator method, but using a 2K clear instead. It's not perfect, but plenty good enough for me. Next time I'm 100% having Warmoth do the painting.
