SOLD - Warmoth Strat Partscaster – USA 2012

SOLD

Well it sure seems that 2020 and 2021 were the years of the Partscaster, but obviously many determined boffins have been beavering away at their home built guitars for many years before that.

Here’s a very tasty Strat built from high quality components sourced direct from Warmoth USA in 2012.

From Warmoth –

“Since 1980, Warmoth has been the standard in American-made bodies and necks for electric guitars and basses. During that time, we have helped countless players customize, personalize, and improve their instruments. We have also helped to pioneer many advancements in guitar technology, including the compound radius fretboard, the conversion neck, and the “drop-top” laminate top.

We use a blend of modern and traditional guitar-building techniques. CNC machines cut body and neck blanks. Most of the remaining work, from gluing binding and installing frets to spraying finishes, is completed by hand. Every step is performed by skilled crafts-people who care about building quality musical instrument parts, and who work hard to ensure that each neck and body we ship meets our standard of excellence.

Over the years many high-end, boutique builders have turned to Warmoth for their bodies and necks, including Valley Arts, Pensa-Suhr, Sadowsky, and others. We have also built custom parts for some of the most recognizable guitar and bass players in the world.”

Specs of this guitar –

Body -

Warmoth Swamp Ash Vintage Stratocaster body with humbucker route

Sonic Blue finish

Neck -
Vintage tinted maple neck 

Maple Fretboard with black dot position markers

Repro Fender decal
Nut Width  1 11/16"
Medium C Neck Profile 22 Frets  
Frets - 6105
Finish – poly

25-1/2" Scale
Standard 4 Bolt Mounting

Hardware –

Gotoh Vintage Tuners

Wilkinson Strat Bridge with steel block

Fender USA American Standard Pickups

CTS Volume & Tone Pots

Oak Grigsby 5 way switch

The middle tone pot is wired to dial in the neck pickup in any amount to any existing switch position. So it adds infinite variation to the five standard tone selections – very effective & very useful.

Weight is 7.6 lbs

This is a damn fine guitar. You won’t see this model of Strat anywhere – unless you build it. And in this case, some else actually has. All the work’s been done, and the results are excellent.

It is a well built and lively guitar with tone to burn. Lots a of juicy sounds from these Fender USA pickups. And loads of tonal variation available with some judicial dialling of the clever, high quality wiring and USA made CTS pots.

It is a nice build, professionally set up, and it works.

Comes in a Fender gig in good condition.