Constructing a P90 Partscaster | Axe From The Grave

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The easiest way of constructing your own unique guitar is with a Partscaster project. We throw some hardware and electronics onto a neck and body combo resulting in a stunning daphne blue Strat.
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@ScienceofLoud 2 жыл бұрын

15% OFF with code 'CSGVIEWER' (valid until 12 Aug 2021) Alegree - www.alegree.co.uk/ The easiest way of constructing your own unique guitar is with a Partscaster project. We throw some hardware and electronics onto a neck and body combo resulting in a stunning daphne blue Strat. Crimson Luthiery Tools - www.crimsonguitars.com/?ref=csguitars + Discount Code 'CSGUITARS5' for 5% OFF This video contains products supplied by Alegree and Crimson Guitars #partscaster #axefromthegrave #p90 More from CSGuitars: Gain access to exclusive content at: www.patreon.com/csguitars Join CSGuitars Discord - discord.gg/d7b6MY8 Buy CSGuitars Merchandise - www.csguitars.co.uk/store Website - www.csguitars.co.uk Contact - colin@csguitars.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________ *Description contains affiliate links. Purchasing using one of these links will generate a small commission for CSGuitars at no additional cost to you.* Affiliate Links: Thomann - www.thomann.de/gb/index.html?offid=1&affid=367 Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/2mGGg Reverb - reverb.grsm.io/csguitars Crimson Luthiery Tools - www.crimsonguitars.com/?ref=csguitars + Discount Code 'CSGUITARS5' for 5% OFF Gthic Jewelry - gthic.com/?aff=230 + Discount Code 'colin20' for 20% OFF

@Bob-Whiting 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid Colin (me grandson's name) Turned out great!

@hjaltioj 2 жыл бұрын

@CSGuitars Do you use the crimson finish on the fingerboard or just the back off the neck?

@christopherreed2694 2 жыл бұрын

Lose the music would have much rather you just talk with your cool 😎accent

@EasyHeat 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had tools and crafty craftsmanship skills. Nicely done Colin!

@hoppyski Жыл бұрын

What is the total as built cost including the copper foil, new bridge & black tip??

@blazer6248 2 жыл бұрын

FYI copper tape is cheaper if you DON'T buy it from a guitar/music store. Stewmac is the worst. They want $34 for a single roll of tape that costs $10 everywhere else!

@DanGoodShotHD 2 жыл бұрын

Yup I buy slug tape for gardening. Cheap as hell and works GREAT! You do have to be a little more careful with it as it is thinner than the stuff that is made for guitars.

@TheSetme 2 жыл бұрын

@@DanGoodShotHD and glue is not conductive at gardening tape, so you have to solder conection between tape parts.

@cexardo 2 жыл бұрын

Same thing with polish, lemon oil and many guitar care products. For the same price of the guitar brand ones, you can get 4 times the amount on furniture stores.

@PerpetuallyTiredMusician 2 жыл бұрын

Just make sure the adhesive is conductive or it will render the whole exercise moot, null and void. As long as the adhesive is conductive it dosent matter if it says "snail zapper" or "faraday cage on a roll". .

@DanGoodShotHD 2 жыл бұрын

@@PerpetuallyTiredMusician I run a quick bead of solder in the seam. Takes very little time & looks cool! But yeah,your right.

@UncleRJ 2 жыл бұрын

5:11 The most satisfying sound humanity ever created.

@masayosiimai1698 2 жыл бұрын

It's more like "axe from the cradle" rather than the grave. Nice work.

@ibalrog 2 жыл бұрын

I am not a fan of pastel colors I am not a fan of trems I am not a fan of maple fretboards ...but I like this guitar. Visually, it all works together in a very pleasing way. I particularly like the relieved headstock with inset logo.

@popebryanii7224 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who actually knows how to wire a pickguard like a rational person.

@WilliamHaisch 2 жыл бұрын

You and Dan Thompson of Guns and Guitars make the most creative headstocks!

@droid1008 2 жыл бұрын

his GGBO bass headstock was probably the most inventive i've seen, a "normal" guitar doesn't exist on that channel lol, but it's part of the fun

@craftedworkshop 2 жыл бұрын

Man, that turned out SWEET! I'm a sucker for a good P90 build, now I want to add one of these P90 Strats to my arsenal.

@guitarsimon1 2 жыл бұрын

Love this series, watching everything come together is just so satisfying.

@3badthebad 2 жыл бұрын

truer words have never been said

@mike1967sam 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, my friend Colin I never thought I'd see the day you'd have short hair and here I am at almost 54 letting my hair reach my shoulders. I have said this a few times and I'll say it again, I've been watching CSGuitars since 2013 if I'm not mistaken, I've been a guiatrist for almost 40 years and I'm still not that good but if you really want to learn in depth about the science behind all the lovely amps and guitars we all love so much this channel is a mandatory watch. Cheers. Mike.

@someguynamedrob581 2 жыл бұрын

Not only do we get amazing content, but Colin also scores us a discount code to encourage us to build our own tonal monstrosities to put the Science of Loud into practical application.

@markhammer643 2 жыл бұрын

Two things.... 1) Unlike the SG Special, whose short scale and set neck require the two P90s to be spaced *way* too close to each other, the longer scale and bolt-on neck (which requires no room for a neck tenon) of this S-style guitar allow for the two pickups to actually *sound* different from each other. 2) It may be too late for this, but I'm a big fan of the Bill Lawrence half-out-of-phase wiring, first used commercially in the Jerry Donahue Telecaster. Normally, when two pickups are put out of phase, the cancellation results in a thin nasal tone and big volume drop. The "half" mod involves running the phase-reversed neck pickup through a cap to trim the bass (I use 10nf, but one can try other values). Because the two pickups (neck and bridge) have minimal overlap in that region, there is no volume drop resulting from cancellation. On the JD Tele, it resulted in a tone very similar to neck+middle on a Strat. I tried it out on a dual-SC "beater", and the resemblance to a Strat "cluck" was jaw-dropping. Inspired, I also tried it out on a dual-humbucker guitar. There was no way it was going to sound like a Strat, but it DID provide a very different-sounding and quite usable neck+bridge sound; again with no volume drop and none of the nasal reedy quality. Using a push-pull Tone pot to do the phase-flip with these two pickups might provide you with a 4th very distinctive tone. Give it a whirl. You might like it!

@WyattBrown377 2 жыл бұрын

Going to try this thanks!

@markhammer643 2 жыл бұрын

@@WyattBrown377 And please let us know how it works out. If it still sounds thin and reedy, try reducing the value of the cap to filter out a little more bass from the neck pickup (e.g., .0068uf instead of .01uf). I'll also note that if using the neck pickup on its own, its phase makes no difference in the sound. BUT, if one uses it on its own in the phase-flipped setting with the bass cut, you have yet a 5th tone available! Bonus!

@WrinkledPlatypus 2 жыл бұрын

I recently bought a Wilkinson bridge for about the same price as you did, definitely a step up from a cheap bridge.

@angush8595 2 жыл бұрын

Axe from the grave is awesome, watching the slow and steady development to glory

@peik5569 2 жыл бұрын

That’s alot like a Fender Noventa strat, which is super cool!

@snow15243 2 жыл бұрын

Yea it's literally just a noventa strat with a term. Body colour and everything.

@dam7ri 2 жыл бұрын

That retailer sounds like they are really trying to be the go-to guitar parts shop, but they should look into the issues you mentioned. Taking your feedback and working to improve themselves based on it is what may take them from a good shop to a great shop.

@palukens 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and what a sweet guitar! I love that you showed us how to work thru issues, now I want one of these!

@jpbguitar6470 2 жыл бұрын

Love seeing the DIY stuff on guitars

@scottdunbar4898 2 жыл бұрын

Watching you work was rather enjoyable...and inspiring. She came out great. Congratulations and thanks for the video.

@6meatbeat990 2 жыл бұрын

I'm loving that headstock shape, very cool

@patrickhunter 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I absolutely LOVED watching this! And the headstock design you created is BEAUTIFUL!

@NeoRichardBlake 2 жыл бұрын

Love that headstock Colin!

@fardinrakin9468 2 жыл бұрын

Those pickups are are awesome. The color combination was very bluesy. Man loved it

@ethanjohnson8958 2 жыл бұрын

I got this video for my birthday! I love your channel!

@Mcsteveberry 2 жыл бұрын

yes colin this is exact the video i was hoping for

@robj4881 2 жыл бұрын

Great job man. That mint green works well with the light blue. Good fix on the headstock tuner holes. I LOVE P90s and that guitar sounds brilliant feller. Good build - well done mate.

@darvinclement3250 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, the mint green/Daphne blue looks fantastic! Sounds great as well.

@GaryKatz 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice finish work, sir!

@stephenbarton2625 2 жыл бұрын

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing!

@asianricefarmerman 2 жыл бұрын

I am in love with the axe from the grave series. I would love to see more of this series. So interesting

@joaopedrokurtzgritti2355 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely adore the series! Colin is the guy to have quite a chat with

@freshestemo 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! Please do more!!

@James_Dawes 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you talked about the good and bad of the Alegree parts :)

@juanvaldez4043 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You make this stuff super interesting. Now I want to build my own, you know, my way.

@60sfoley 2 жыл бұрын

Love it, fair play man!

@monsterpopMusicFactory 2 жыл бұрын

That's defo my kinda punk sound on the bridge pickup with distortion. Excellent

@Xaltar_ 2 жыл бұрын

Love the headstock design you went with, very cool.

@bronsonjohnson9019 2 жыл бұрын

The backing track for this video was awesome for an E Lydian jam.

@H_mzaS 9 ай бұрын

That guitar looks and sounda stunning! I'm almost tempted to do a p90 strat build myself. I love the fact that you modified the headstock yourself! I think that's something I'm gonna try out on my next build project.

@deancosens5710 2 жыл бұрын

Never thought I'd hear you doing punk but man was I happy to hear some Green Day shouting out of those P90s. Love the build, it's awesome. Similar to what I did with a rebuilt and refinished Squier 51 this Christmas (only this is MUCH fancier!)

@ipuya 2 жыл бұрын

What an awesome guitar! I have a player sss strat and I'm gonna modify it to look like yours! I already had the body stripped and refinished in Daphne blue. Next I'm gonna get the pickguard and the P90 pickups. Only thing is i want a 5 way switch. Neck, bridge, both in parallel, both in series, and both out of phase. Can't wait!

@JeremySpuds 3 ай бұрын

Love the little bit of Green Day at the end - you were spot on, it really fits with the daphne blue, black pickups, and mint pickguard

@GaryKatz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Inspiring, actually.

@clockdude12 2 жыл бұрын

Another great Video. Keep up the good work!

@richardfinney3169 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome build great sounds enjoyed the video thx for sharing.

@geraldhills41 Жыл бұрын

Great sound !

@maxfuster5602 2 жыл бұрын

I love Wilkinson Trems! I did a mod project on one of my guitars and wound up installing a Wilkinson 2 point trem and swapping the saddles for some Hipshot Modern Contour saddles for palm muting comfort and (barring my Floyd Rose) it’s the best trem I’ve ever played, I’m installing the same combo on my new partscaster

@davidlelkington 2 жыл бұрын

It sounds brilliant

@petermac7315 2 жыл бұрын

this is literally a noventa strat with a tremolo

@bipbipletucha 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@petermac7315 2 жыл бұрын

@@bipbipletucha It even comes in Daphne blue with a mint pickguard

@GistOfItMedia 2 жыл бұрын

My fender 66 had the same clearance and action problems with the whammy bar. I used a grinder to cut it short, then bent it upwards to provide more clearance. works great, it's out of the way and I have way more leverage

@wolfwarren6376 2 жыл бұрын

Love this build! One thing I’d do is get a five way switch and wire it in the Bill Lawrence tele switching system, which provides a filtered neck pickup position and a 90° out of phase position for neck and bridge pickups, in addition to the existing three pickup positions.

@KleyDeJong 2 жыл бұрын

Nice build, great work!

@PC85X 2 жыл бұрын

that P90 combo looked stunning. never gave much consideration to them on a strat, but now my ebay watch list is full of my ideas for a build...

@AManCalledBiggles 2 жыл бұрын

Really diggin' that headstock shape with the insert/veneer and your logo 🤘 big love for P90s too ✌️😁👍

@barbmelle3136 2 жыл бұрын

From Leo: A twin P-90 set up is a great flavor of tone in the world of Stratocaster. I rigged one up a few years back and still enjoy playing it. You did an excellent job getting yours together. Like you, I find the Wilkinson parts are better than many of the cheaper parts, well worth the dearer price.

@brianm9902 2 жыл бұрын

I own a Vintage V6P with 3 Stacked Wilkinson P90's really unique, all Wilkinson Parts with a 5 way switch, those P90's sound nice,

@jonathanmeyer1164 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I recently fixed up a hardtail Squier Bullet strat with 3 P90s in it. Only issue I had with it was the 5 way switch, which was taller than the body's overall thickness. So, I put micro switches in for each pickup instead.

@stupidthefish1979 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm gonna go for the blue body" *And if you look really closely, you will see the body is sold out.* Edit: Yes I get this was filmed in post, probably after everything was purchased, maybe after the guitar was assembled, and probably, and this is out there, on a later date when he had a clear head after building a guitar. I made the comment/joke/whimsical response because it's filmed like he's doing things right in that moment ("I'm going to buy this" "I'll order these parts separately"), making some of the choices, like a daphne blue body, seem nonsensical considering there's none left.

@cocaineguru8056 2 жыл бұрын

It's almost like he already had the components and this video is nothing more than a glorified commercial 😮

@stupidthefish1979 2 жыл бұрын

@@cocaineguru8056 Yes but it was still funny

@error8418 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, filming everything in real time is just impractical.

@stupidthefish1979 2 жыл бұрын

@@error8418 That's true too

@aaronwebb1548 2 жыл бұрын

It's also odd how fast the parts arrived... something fishy's going on here...

@flyingwondercat739 2 жыл бұрын

Man what a killer guitar! Amazing job :D Looks awesome and I'm a big fan of P90s, very mids-forward.

@andreaskunze8558 2 жыл бұрын

That headstock is killer!!! I'm a big fan of the big Fender headstock but that one you come up with I really like 😎👍 The Guitar look great!! greetings from Germany

@klaymeister 2 жыл бұрын

Love the honesty. I know a lot of sponsors wouldn't be cool with you talking about any issues like with the bridge.

@kidder83 2 жыл бұрын

Rad video, happy it was an experiment involving P90s. I just recently acquired a 2018 Epiphone Wilshire reissue thingie guitar thingie. Comes with P90s. Shit can hang, I got a friedman BEOD Deluxe making the noise, the p90s sound so rich. Imma put it in drop B soon and it’ll be filthy

@landonbailey 2 жыл бұрын

nice job. looks cool

@frid6277 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet I love the axe from the grave Videos

@richszmal1653 2 жыл бұрын

You can buy conversion bushings for 10mm headstock tuner holes that go to the smaller 8mm holes.

@blazer6248 2 жыл бұрын

I actually just fixed my first guitar from when I swapped the pots. One was grounding out, touching one of the wires to the shielding because it was routed for smaller pots and I used CTS full sized pots. So I finally pulled it apart since it's not my main guitar and I wasn't too worried about it. All it took was a couple of strips of electrical tape under it and on the wall next to the pot and I'm back in business. No more cutting out. I can actually play it again so it may get more playing time now. Just an inexpensive Silvertone SS10 HSS "Strat"(BLK/maple) with super low output singles at 4.2k & 4.3k and a Guitar Madness 59'er A5 bridge humbucker. Those low output singles are actually really nice. A big difference from my other Silvertone SS11(blue/rosewood) with 6.3k & higher singles.

@ssplintergirl 2 жыл бұрын

This is a clean build. Very tasteful.

@neilrobinson7615 2 жыл бұрын

The Wilkinson bridges are excellent, even the Korean licenced ones. Tip: If your whammy bar is fouling the strings, pots or the range of downward motion is not enough, just bend the whammy bar..

@ajword81 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Laphroaig in the background 🤘🏾

@markpetten9777 Жыл бұрын

Absolute beauty!

@jordijb007 2 жыл бұрын

Man, you know there's 3 types of bushing for the tunners, usually tend to come with the 8,9 mm but you can find easily 10,2 mm and also small 8.2 mm, around 1 euro x 6 of them, next time ;) seems a fun guitar, great chanel Colin!

@jpsilvermusic Жыл бұрын

Nice one. I'm busy rebuilding an on Squier Standard Korean made KV98 into a p90 beast too, bit more work to do on mine. I enjoy your channel, thanks!'

@michaelmenkes8085 2 жыл бұрын

the best part of partscasters is creative electronics. My Fenderbird is a triple humbucker active bass.

@denverrandy7143 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yea!!!So cool man...Beautiful Job!!!Nice throwing in "basketcase" the color does look like Bj's fernandes.🤘👍

@NunchucksHabit 2 ай бұрын

That's almost identical to my Fender Noventa Strat that I just sold. No trem on the one I bought, but I will tell you the P90s were the best P90s I ever heard. I love Fender P90s. Beautiful guitar! I put silver knobs/pickup covers on mine, seemed to go better with the blue.

@riverbard8287 2 жыл бұрын

Digging the P90 Strat! 😎🎸

@usynthesis4749 2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool. I really like the P-90's on a Strat. Cool look, interesting take. Only things I would change are bringing down the volume pot away from the bridge pick-up so it's not in the way when palm muting, and I really like contoured neck heels. I don't know why that's not just common practice by now.

@zoomosis 2 жыл бұрын

The Yamaha Pacifica 112 series was a low-cost beginner's guitar but something they got right was to move the volume pot away from the bridge humbucker. Strangely Fender still don't do this for their Squier Affinity guitars, not even the HSS models. Though it wouldn't be too difficult to make a replacement pickguard, and optionally delete one of the tone pots.

@marcherwig8060 2 жыл бұрын

Sitting here watching this while playing my single bridge P90 hardtail Partscaster I built last year. Reeeeeeeally making me want to build another.

@mike3963 2 жыл бұрын

I love this. I’m getting a squier strat on facebook marketplace with an amp for 150 on Friday and I’m going to put p90’s in it

@KoaCharvel 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely a cool partscaster!

@stevescuba1978 2 жыл бұрын

I just ordered an agile strat with p90's. I hope it sounds this good!

@nathanmclauchlan5148 2 жыл бұрын

Nice parts caster man, sounds good 👍

@davidodle782 2 жыл бұрын

after seeing this i really want to replicate the headstock!! it is so sick!!

@NoUploadJustComment 2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of two different guitars I put together. The Daphne blue body with the black plastics and chrome bridge, and I swear I made a headstock look just like that (but without the really nice logo on it).

@maurigonzalez8191 2 жыл бұрын

love this kind of videos

@jakeritchie3805 2 жыл бұрын

There is a grub screw on the back of the original bridgeton tighten it down and put it where you want. I actually learned that with a wilkinson tremolo lol.great video

@Lil._.SpooKy666 2 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to the relic work!

@gavinw5469 2 жыл бұрын

Funny joke!

@cmck1777 2 жыл бұрын

Cream switch tip forever! Looks awesome!

@paniccleo 2 жыл бұрын

Love the headstock!

@adm5017 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thats beautiful 😍

@XD129BBCL 2 жыл бұрын

I love to see Colin showing appreciation for P90's; they often feel like an overlooked pickup even though they have so many great qualities. Truly, thank you for this episode!

@IanThatMetalBassist 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Iommi used P90s on the first 4 Black Sabbath albums, it's a wonder that more metal players don't try them

@blazer6248 2 жыл бұрын

Overlooked? Maybe in Fender world. They're very highly regarded by Gibson players.

@denvermemphian7730 2 жыл бұрын

Becoming one of my favorite series...should be on pbs in the states🤘

@musicman243 2 жыл бұрын

I got lucky and managed to find a p90 hardtail partscaster on reverb for almost 400 right when the pandemic started. I love the configuration

@K8Nicole Жыл бұрын

I'm digging them tunes.

@PerpetuallyTiredMusician 2 жыл бұрын

Those p90s sound pretty tasty. I am gonna get me a pair. And yes the Daphne blue is sexy.

@the1khronohs40 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Sounds great! Now I want a strat with P90’s!

@markhammer643 2 жыл бұрын

Never underestimate what can make a great -sounding guitar. I have a book about master luthier Danny Ferrington (the guys who introduced acoustics that used body shapes of well-known solid-bodies). In the book, he recounts how he wanted to test out a particular pickup, so he cut out a body of plywood, and affixed a bridge and neck to it, assuming that it would be disassembled after the tryout. Slide legend Ry Cooder happens to walk in the shop, is intrigued by what Danny has cobbled together, tries it out, and asks to borrow it for a recording session later that day. I guess guitars are like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get.