Building a Custom Candy Apple Red Fender Telecaster with Roasted Maple Neck & Obsidianwire 4way Kit
Building and assembling your own custom guitar can be a fun and rewarding project!
Selecting your own custom parts and the sense of accomplishment after everything comes together, makes it all worth while. In this video (shot over the course of many weeks), I will walk through the entire process of buying and assembling a custom Fender Telecaster Partscaster. I’m using all official Fender parts, including a Candy Apple Red body, and a Fender Roasted Maple neck. I’m also using a solderless Obsidianwire 4way wiring kit. If you ever wanted to build your own Partscaster, hopefully this video can guide you through the process.
Timestamps:
0:00 – the Start
3:59 – The Parts and
8:47 – All the Pricing
10:07 – Fender Mod Shop
12:34 – The Tools Used
12:56 – Guitar Assembly
13:00 – Neck and Neck Plate
15:46 – Tuners:
16:58 – Ferrules:
19:40 – Strap Buttons:
20:52 – Cavity Shielding
24:02 – Compensated Saddles Swap
25:44 – Bridge and Bridge Pickup Install
29:42 – Neck Pickup Install
34:18 – Control Plate Setup
36:54 – Pilot Hole Drilling for Pickguard and Control Plate
38:34 – Obsidianwire Kit Wiring Setup
41:13 – Stringing the guitar
41:32 – String Guide Install
42:30 – The Weight:
42:39 – Pickup Resistance Measurements:
43:03 – The Setup:
43:20 – Neck Relief
44:20 – Bridge Action Height
45:06 – Nut Action Height
46:53 – Intonation and Tuning
48:05 – The Gallery
50:15 – Guitar Tones – Clean
53:09 – Guitar Tones -Mild Gain
53:35 – Guitar Tones -Max Gain
55:50 – Guitar Tones -Gain with Pedals
56:47 – the End
Parts I bought and/or used in this video (with some Affiliate Links)
If I couldn’t find the exact part, I have listed something similar:
Fender Parts on Sweetwater: https://imp.i114863.net/LJRyM
► Neck Plate: Fender Part: 0991448100
Sweetwater imp.i114863.net/jPZb5
Amazon https://geni.us/FNeckPlate
Thomann: https://bit.ly/30FNWJC
►Ferrules: Fender Part: 994917000
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleFerrules
Thomann – https://bit.ly/2VQOMSl
►Control Knobs: Fender Part: 991366000 or similar
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/4edgV9
Amazon.ca https://geni.us/TeleKnob
Thomann – https://bit.ly/3irLHln
►Tuners: Fender Part: 0037429049
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/5R1DN
Amazon https://geni.us/FenderTuner
Thomann https://bit.ly/3gsbfwF
►Control Plate: Fender Part: 992058000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/kjRJ6z
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleControlPlate
Thomann – https://bit.ly/2Zz2Cty
►Pickguard: Fender Part: 991375000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/BXKRg1
Amazon https://geni.us/TelePickgrd
Thomann – https://bit.ly/2VOpLXS
►Pickguard Screws: Fender Part: 0994923000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/mgnz7a
Amazon https://geni.us/PickguardScrews
Thomann https://bit.ly/3jBy5og
►Vintage Style Bridge: Fender Part: 990806100
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/n1nW57
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleBridge
Thomann https://bit.ly/2ScLFpc
►Compensated Saddles: Fender Part: 00-58544049
Amazon https://geni.us/CompSaddles
Thomann https://bit.ly/35BicIp
►Telecaster Jack Ferrule (cup): Fender Part: 099-1941-000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/rngJYR
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleCup
► Telecaster Switch Barrel Tip: Fender Part: 994936000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/a1Kr7Z
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleTip
Thomann https://bit.ly/3gCDrzQ
► Fender American Series String Guides: Fender Part: 0994911000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/QOKJqP
Amazon https://geni.us/AMStringGuide
Thomann https://bit.ly/32RhaYE
►Telecaster Roasted Maple Neck: Fender Part: 990303920
Sweetwater: https://imp.i114863.net/LJ46Z
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleRstNeck
Thomann https://bit.ly/3meeexe
►Classic Series 60’s Telecaster Body – Candy Apple – Fender Part: 998006709
Sweetwater: https://imp.i114863.net/2OMZQ
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleCandBody
Thomann – https://bit.ly/3guVqpi
►Fender Vmod Pickups: Fender Part: 992267000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/P0am5Y
Amazon https://geni.us/TeleVmod
Thomann – https://bit.ly/2Z0KkSP
►Obsidianwire 4-way Telecaster Wiring Kit
Obsidianwire.com – https://obsidianwire.com/custom-4-way-wiring-for-tele/?aff=3
►Fender Strap Buttons: Fender Part: 994915000
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/x9nz1v
Amazon https://geni.us/StrpButtons
Thomann https://bit.ly/35wOUe2
►►►Tools I use
► Copper Foil Tape:
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/qngA15
Amazon https://geni.us/CopperTape
►Nut Files
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/DVLQYn
Amazon https://geni.us/NutFiles
►Feeler Gauges: OEMTOOLS 25025 26 Blade Master Feeler Gauge
Amazon https://geni.us/FeelerGauge
►String Action Ruler
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/OR1nkN
Amazon https://geni.us/BJ8a
►Straight Edge Ruler
Amazon https://geni.us/StraightEdge
►Radius Gauges:
Sweetwater https://imp.i114863.net/mgnz9X
Amazon https://geni.us/RadiusGauge
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