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Tele neck bolt holes. Universal?
Noticed many (most) body blanks and necks are pre-drilled. And obviously the steel plates. Is it safe to assume most of the holes will line up?
As JohnnyCash said in song: And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong The transmission was a '53 and the motor turned out to be a '73 And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone So we drilled it out so that it would fit And with a little bit of help with an adapter kit We had that engine runnin' just like a song
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There are two "standards" in the Fender world, Telecaster square route and every other (presumably started with the Strat) Fender model which is more rounded. I believe the actual bolt holes and back plates are all the same, it is just the shape of the body end of the neck.
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Re: necks / neck pocket, you can put a Strat neck on a Tele body, but not vice versa. The rounded Strat neck butt will make contact with the end of the Tele body neck pocket and can be intonated properly. A squared off Tele neck however cant do the same into a rounded Strat body neck pocket. |
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[QUOTE=* velcro-fly *;6865076]Correct. The mounting holes and back plates are standard (basically across the guitar build world for any standard square 4 bolt on neck assembly)
Thanks, thats what I was hoping to hear. So if I buy a tele neck, and a tele body, both pre-drilled, the holes *should* line up. (I keep a should-jar right next to my swear jar)
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Thanks, Jon. That sounds like something I was destined to learn the hard way. Ive seen those creacks in more than a few teles.
By chance, are you familiar with Bill Kirchen’s modification to the neck? He puts double-threaded countersunk nuts in the neck, so he can use machine bolts instead of wood screws to secure the neck. Wonder if that would improve or worsen alignment efforts?
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It would be my inclination to not make that modification. Stories of worn neck wood screw holes must be pretty rare as I've not run into one, and in any case easily repaired. Taylor and Collings bolt on necks are a different story since the neck heal is a short grained extension and needs to be reinforced for the intended joint. Most of those finish checks you see on Fender style neck mounts are probably the result of shock in regular usage or shippings (and not abuse from aligning the strings). I bring up the alignment issue as I did crack the finish on a Mexican Strat aggressively attempting to center the strings. I ended up crazy gluing the lifted finish back to the body and sanding the side of the neck pocket to get perfect alignment. The finish check I left unrepaired as it is a pretty hard for a pro to fix, and I'm no pro.
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