Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

[Xeromus]

Stewmac is great, but overpriced on a lot of things. Where do you guys buy things like screws, pickup rings, knobs, pots, switches, etc?

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

WD Music, and Mojotone mostly. I have dealer accounts with both.


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[Clint 55]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Ebay

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Philadelphia luthier and guitar electronics are my two regular.

[GuitarStv]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Electrical components from mouser. It's way cheaper, but you have to know exactly what you're looking for.

[ItsaBass]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

I get whatever I can from CE Distribution (the business account version of Amplified Parts). I get almost all of my caps, resistors, pots, and switches from them. Occasionally I can only get what I need from Mouser or the like, but that has been rare.

Second in line is Mojotone, because they have good stuff and I've never had a bad experience with them or one of their products.

For Hipshot hardware (which I use often with bass builds), I use SportHiTech because they will special order anything you want from Hipshot, and they usually have the most competitive prices on it.

Where I used to order a lot through the Guitar [or Bass] Parts Resource Website, or other similar online parts retailers, I have taken to using various small parts retailers that I find on Reverb. Search for a part, sort by lowest to highest price, find someone with free shipping if possible. I can't even name everyone I've ordered from on Reverb, but doing it this way has replaced my older way of general hardware shopping via a retailer's Website.

Stwemac, almost never. I don't like that place. Same with Allparts.

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Electrical components from mouser. It's way cheaper, but you have to know exactly what you're looking for.

Yes, you do. I have a hard time browsing their site.

[Securb]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

StewMac, HomeDepot, Amazon, FleaBay and MojoTone are my main haunts. Typically I just hit Google to see who has what I need.

[ICTGoober]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Don't forget Allparts.

[ehdwuld]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Arkansas Musicworks

Shows up on my scan of Ebay stores
Save the fees by going direct to store

Also use Aliexpress for bridges and locking tuners
The K&D brand hardware looks to me to be exactly the same parts as Allparts

Be mindful of price

Cheapest price is generally not high quality

But the TOM style roller bridge is 5 bucks as opposed to 20 bucks for a local retailer that most likely purchased the same 5 dollar part and marked it up

[Wattage]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

All of the above

[Xeromus]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Thanks guys, this is very useful.

[Mincer]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

I just look on Reverb, especially buying in bulk. But you can find deals on individual parts, too.

[Francois]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

WD Music, and Mojotone mostly. I have dealer accounts with both.

I also like WD Music. I use the UK branch and they can get me rarer stuff from the US.
Where else could I get fancy Gibson S-1 pickguards ??? (to give an example)

[Aceman]

Re: Where do you guys buy your guitar parts from? Recommendations please.

Philadelphia Luthier, Allparts,

and for little screws and whatnot, try you local Fastenal store. You have to look them up, but trust me..., you have them and they have whatever you need.