Lets talk shop guys. When you decide to have a partsocaster put together, how do you ensure that you end up getting a gem?
How do you actually check the body parts before assembly?
I had one made this year, and it's really fantastic. it rings and rings and rings... I started out with the nicest parts I could find. Qtrsawn Flamed neck from WD Music with the specs I wanted, and a very light one piece ash body. from Allparts. (about 3.02 lbs) When i mated the 2 parts together, without finish, the neck joint was already tight enough to hold up the guitar by the neck, and the body didn't fall off. With the really thin nitro finish I had done, it became even tighter, and the guitar really sustained fantastically!
But when I put them together eventually, the guitar wasn't as light as I would have liked. I found that the neck itself was actually really heavy, and it's something I didn't notice when I chose the neck. I'll have to be more careful in the future, but that doesn't matter much now, because the guitar is really resonant, and it sings very nicely.
I'm now finding that I'm not liking the bone nut as much as I'd thought, because it seems to sound more mellow than I expected.
So, how do you choose your parts for the guitar?