MJT Partcaster

This guitar was relisted 3 times on our used market. Its a MJT body in a tasty darkened Lake Placid Blue (i believe) with a Musikraft neck for the price of just $560. I had to ask the guy why it did not sell, this was a suberb deal where you get plenty pro-features.

He said he did not understand it either.. so i bought it from him. Primarily beacuse it has a nice thick C-shape neck. I have been moving on to thicker necks of late and i am selling a couple guitars with slimmer profiles.

The listing also said it had bootstrap pickups, Gotoh Tremolo and tuners, and that it had just been into to service at a shop.

Just all quality straight tru…

For a relic Strat (which i have a modest love for), this was just up my alley. I like modest relic like this has and it had a funny decal on it.. These sort of things are not my style, so it got a Fender decal on instead.

When i recieved it, i bust out my screwdriver and opened it up. Surely enough, Musikraft neck and all. Under the hood came the first cheap components, the pots were non-branded asian trash with needed muscles to rotate. They were so heavy on the torque that they went out of the guard completely. Beside, the knobs did not sit well on them. Had to save them before the plastic got all grinded inside. These are also some tasty relic knobs too.

As for the Bootstrap, they were not Bootstrap at all, but Fender Pure Vintage ’59 instead.

These pickups were incredible bright, so if you want icepick sound, look into these. So yeah, more bang for the buck.

Whoever serviced this guitar should never be allowed. The tremolo mount screws was backed out at least 5 turns. Simply done with zero knowledge.i had to laugh..

I decided to sell a few sets of pickups, and the 59´s went as well. I bought a pickguard with Pribora pickups recently and a freeway switch. The Freeway went in this guitar with a set of Lollar Tweeds instead temporary. So it has 10 different sounds now. Neat.

I have been eyeballing pickups from Sarah Marie Holly for a while. So i finally bit the bullet and ordered some. Sarah and Bob sells old trinkets on Ebay and our mysterious miss Holly has a knack of winding old-looking pickups by using only 50’s methods of making pickups. Everything from winding, wire, magnets and potting is done the old way. And the aging is so good that you will have a hard time telling them apart.

I been specualting getting another rosewood neck from Musickraft anyway and this guitar just came all the sudden. So most likely a Rosewood neck with a thicker V will go on soon someday.

It plays well. Might need a fret level this neck in the upper register, but so far, killer player.

SPECS

Body: MJT Relic in Lake Placid Blue

Neck: Musicraft Roasted neck with Chunky C .90-99

Pickups: 60’s Pickups from Sarah Marie Holly

Tremolo: Gotoh GE101TS w/ Fender Pat.Pend Saddles

Springs: Raw Vintage

Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment

Knobs: Parchment white

Tuners: Gotoh SD91

Wiring: CTS A250k Audio Tape

Switch: Freeway 5B5-01 Switch 10-Modes.

Cap: 047uf