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Post by John E. on Aug 30, 2021 13:23:29 GMT -7
THIS IS NOT AN AD OR A FOR SALE POSTING! I'm just listing out every detail I can so I can get better advice on what to do.
In 2016 I put together a partscaster lovingly named "Boss Hogg". It's a mahogany tele body (from Fender Jim Root Tele) with the finish stripped and refinished with clear lacquer, Warmoth maple neck with Goncalo Alves fretboard, 70's Tele Deluxe style pickguard, Gibson P94R (neck) and P94T (bridge) humbucker sized P-90's, Schaller locking tuners, Fender hardtail bridge, and has a nice hard shell case from Fender.
I don't REALLY wanna sell it, but I'm GASing for a new Strat since my Les Paul is my only guitar currently besides Boss Hogg, and I hardly ever play the Boss. And since I'm married now, it's a lot harder to justify an expensive new guitar, especially since we're also buying a new car for her.
I just don't know what the market for partscasters is like. I've never bought one but I assume someone would?? I also have no idea how I'd price it, or whether or not I should just part it out and just sell the parts individually or as a whole guitar.
I'd have to do something about the headstock cause I had written my initials and "Boss Hogg" on the front of the headstock and my initials and the year I built it on the back of the headstock. I'm stupid and wrote it in sharpie too, so it's not like it looks good. I'll probably just strip it off and get a custom waterslide decal. There's a few knicks and scratches on the body, but its in fairly good condition.
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Aug 30, 2021 14:55:23 GMT -7
As a guy who has been putting on guitar shows for 36 years and been trading and selling guitars for 50ish, partscasters are really hard to get rid of if...you want to get what they are worth if you add up the cost and value of all the parts in them. Tele and Strat partscasters with high grade bodies, necks and parts often go for $350, maybe if you're lucky $400 and often less. Most folks want that brand name on it and especially the big manufacturers. The average guitar buyer doesn't care about primo, necks, parts, etc. I have found it is almost always better to part them out rather than try and sell them intact. It's hard to find that person who will fall in love with a partscaster, especially if they can not get their hands on it before they buy. You might do a little better, if you can consign it to a store where folks will be able to see it and get their hands on it.
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Post by John E. on Aug 30, 2021 15:06:00 GMT -7
As a guy who has been putting on guitar shows for 36 years and been trading and selling guitars for 50ish, partscasters are really hard to get rid of if...you want to get what they are worth if you add up the cost and value of all the parts in them. Tele and Strat partscasters with high grade bodies, necks and parts often go for $350, maybe if you're lucky $400 and often less. Most folks want that brand name on it and especially the big manufacturers. The average guitar buyer doesn't care about primo, necks, parts, etc. I have found it is almost always better to part them out rather than try and sell them intact. It's hard to find that person who will fall in love with a partscaster, especially if they can not get their hands on it before they buy. You might do a little better, if you can consign it to a store where folks will be able to see it and get their hands on it. All of that makes sense, I'll see what I can do with parting it out, cause I know I could get more than 400 doing that. If not, I'll just keep it, $400 isn't gonna help much in the grand scheme of things with buying a new guitar, and I'll just experiment with this one. Make it kind of my own frankenstein! Thank you for the reply!
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Post by pcns on Aug 30, 2021 15:09:27 GMT -7
I agree with what Marc said, part it out, it may take a little longer but I think you will get more money out of it in the long run. my 2 cents, Todd
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Post by helmi on Aug 31, 2021 4:39:10 GMT -7
Keep the partscaster, buy the new strat, and get the wife a used car instead of a new one. It will be the first crisis in your new marriage, and a test of it’s strength! LOL ps- you can always ask for forgiveness later.
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Post by Paul (TRANE) on Aug 31, 2021 6:19:21 GMT -7
Ageee with Marc. A bass player I played with had a killer parts bass. He paid $300.00 for it, used but like new. It was $1,500.00 worth of high end parts.
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Post by John on Aug 31, 2021 8:01:44 GMT -7
My worthless 2 cents:
Partscasters are the kiss of death in the used market. You build a partscaster...you get exactly what you want, but it's yours forever because no one will want it.
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Post by lowbudget on Aug 31, 2021 20:12:57 GMT -7
A well done partscaster may be the very definition of musical synergy for it’s builder but financially it’s the exact opposite. The only exception that comes to mind would maybe be hooking up a real Fender neck to a real Fender body. Maybe.
Deconstruct it and don’t look back!
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Post by zpilot on Sept 3, 2021 10:16:09 GMT -7
I built my first partscaster in 1992. I still have it. Mostly because it is a great guitar but also I could never sell it for what I thought it was worth. As noted you are not going to get nearly what you have invested and it will probably take quite some time to sell. You'll get more parting it out but that will be a long process also. I say keep it. Take Dave Ramsey's advice and deliver pizzas on the side or something. It will be quicker than trying to sell a partscaster. It will impress the "little lady" also with how financially responsible you are.
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