I’d like to share the story behind my **DocBrown Time Machine G Series** — a partscaster I built as a tribute to Fender’s L Series Stratocasters.

The goal was simple: build the cheapest partscaster I possibly could.

I bought a body for €10 that the previous owner had completely ruined trying to relic it with a random orbital sander. The finish was covered in sanding swirl marks, little circular scratches everywhere, and the clear coat had turned cloudy and dull.

I had a Squier neck lying around, so I leveled and dressed the frets, replaced the fretboard markers with homemade clay dots, installed a vintage-style tremolo block and vintage tuners. I loaded it with old GFS Earl Slick pickups and an unknown neck pickup I had in a drawer. I even made a homemade capacitor and used second-hand electronics salvaged from other guitars I had previously upgraded.

After correcting the damage and bringing the gloss back, I carefully relic’d it again — this time properly — to give it the patina of an L Series. Since the finish is polyurethane and not nitro, I had to artificially check the lacquer with a scalpel to recreate authentic-looking wear.

I’m honestly pretty proud of the result.

And yes — it sounds great!  
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UXXH2UJZy58](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UXXH2UJZy58)

Cheapest partcaster "hommage" to L serie I can build