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Post subject: Partscaster Build
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:59 am
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Hello All,

New forum member here. Long time Strat player. Here for some help and guidance.

I grew up around guitars and been around them my entire life. About a year ago me and my uncle were in the midst of a partscaster build. He was battling cancer and unfortunately passed away about 2 months ago. Today, I will be receiving all of the parts to put the guitar together. The thing is even though I have been around guitars my whole life, I am totally new to the build world. Once I get everything together, I will come back on and list what I have. I am looking for guidance for things like what tools I will need. What parts I still need based off of what I have. Then once I get everything pieced together, the setup of the guitar as well. Any guidance at all would be greatly appreciated. Guitars were my Uncles passion and I would like to complete the guitar in his honor.


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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 7:14 am
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Generally speaking, if all your components are finished parts then all that's required to assemble the guitar are common hand tools. That's a couple of phillips screwdrivers, a hex nut driver set, a set of allen wrenches, and a soldering iron.

Inventory your parts upon receipt and post a complete list so we can ascertain that you have all the required pieces (photos will be helpful).

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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 8:11 am
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Welcome to the forum, pburgh, and sorry your uncle didn't make it.

Agree with Arjay - no special tools required, although you may not have a suitable box spanner for the nut securing the jack to the housing? If you're careful though, you may be able to do it up tight enough with pliers!

Cheers - Peter.


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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 9:57 am
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Peter S wrote:
although you may not have a suitable box spanner for the nut securing the jack to the housing? If you're careful though, you may be able to do it up tight enough with pliers!


That's what the hex nut driver set is for, Peter -- required for jack installation and snugging down the retaining nuts for the control pots.

The right tool for the job at hand.

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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 6:49 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
[That's what the hex nut driver set is for, Peter -- required for jack installation and snugging down the retaining nuts for the control pots.

The right tool for the job at hand.

Arjay

Apologies, Arjay. Case of "two countries separated by a common language"!

Still, OP may be British, in which case he'll be scratching his head over 'hex nut driver set' ! That's my defence, anyway!

Cheers - Peter.


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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 7:57 am
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Here in Iowa, USA I use a small Crescent wrench...not sure what it's called anywhere else.
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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 8:54 am
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White Dog wrote:
Here in Iowa, USA I use a small Crescent wrench...not sure what it's called anywhere else.


For precision guitar work, I'd call it a "monkey wrench".

The right tool......

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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 3:16 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
White Dog wrote:
Here in Iowa, USA I use a small Crescent wrench...not sure what it's called anywhere else.


For precision guitar work, I'd call it a "monkey wrench".

The right tool......

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Professional tools = professional results.

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Arjay, that set is pretty much exactly what I have (albeit not US-made). But we'd call it a socket set - as in fact it says on the box! But for pots I prefer a box spanner - I have no idea what you call that over there!

Cheers - Peter.


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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 6:27 am
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The Crescent Wrench (Adjustable Spanner) works just fine for me---and professionals use them for all kinds of jobs (technical and/or otherwise).

Box Spanner (Open End Wrench) works good too. Socket wrench works good too...especially on the input jack as pictured above.

There is no right or wrong tool...so long as the tool can get the job done without causing damage.


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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 1:55 am
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White Dog wrote:
...Box Spanner (Open End Wrench) ...


Oh you colonials! In the mother land a Box Spanner is, what looks like, a spanner made from a tube with the ends crushed into a hexagon. Often used in the old days for removing spark plugs before socket sets were invented by Ivor Snapon. :)

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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 2:01 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
White Dog wrote:
Here in Iowa, USA I use a small Crescent wrench...not sure what it's called anywhere else.


For precision guitar work, I'd call it a "monkey wrench".

The right tool......


And a Monkey Wrench is and adjustable spanner with serrated jaws used for holding pipes and plumbing fittings and has no place even in the same room as a guitar. Or were you being ironic? :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 1:32 am
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You tell 'em, John...!!! :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 1:46 am
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The UK being on the cutting edge of dental hygiene, I'm guessing that the two of you gents would be eminently comfortable taking a seat in some oral technician's chair and seeing rusty pliers, ice tongs, and a couple of masonry chisels on his instrument tray?

I'd be just as apprehensive if I saw a claw hammer, crow bar, and monkey wrench on some guitar tech's bench. I'd never trust an instrument in the hands of such an......"artiste".

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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 4:06 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
The UK being on the cutting edge of dental hygiene, I'm guessing that the two of you gents would be eminently comfortable taking a seat in some oral technician's chair and seeing rusty pliers, ice tongs, and a couple of masonry chisels on his instrument tray?

I'd be just as apprehensive if I saw a claw hammer, crow bar, and monkey wrench on some guitar tech's bench. I'd never trust an instrument in the hands of such an......"artiste".

Arjay


Yes, I'm aware that (some) Americans think all Brits have rotten teeth, Arjay. Gentle humour is fine by me, but I'm not going to get involved in intercontinental insults!

I never mentioned any of the tools you detail, and as an ancient (mechanical) qualified engineer I agree the right tools for the job should be used. The socket set you (and I) use, for instance, would last about 10 minutes in a motor-related scenario, but for the simple tasks on a guitar, fine. But - for such low-stress applications - alternatives used with care will often work just as well.

Cheers - Peter.


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Post subject: Re: Partscaster Build
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 6:30 am
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I always though the term "monkey wrench" was a reference to the plumbers adjustable wrench that did not have serrated jaws but smooth jaws for not marring up the chrome plated nuts on some fittings.

Usually called a spud wrench .... I think?

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