Fender neck angle

[baze7]

What is the angle of the headstock on a fender tele??

[erikbojerik]

I'm nearly certain there isn't one. I don't have a Tele, but on my MIM Strat the headstock is parallel with the fretboard, and maybe 3/8" (eyeball) lower than the fretboard surface.

Edit: Ah, maybe you mean the upper edge of the headstock, where the tuners go? That I don't know; I think it is shallower than on a strat.

Edited September 12, 2004 by erikbojerik

[Drak]

There is no 'pitchback' angle, that's why they use string retainers to maintain pressure against the nut.

[baze7]

So how thick should I make a neck blank?

[Northendem]

I'd do about 1 1/2"

[iskim86]

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instead, you gotta make the headstock a little towards the back of the neck

[Guest AlexVDL]

Fender necks are 1 inch thick. If you have a seperate (rosewood) fingerboard, the blank should be around 3/4" and the fretboard 1/4".

[tdog]

Measuring from the back of a Tele neck......(which starts out being milled flat.......then the contour of the neck is shaped)......... At the headstock.....9/16in........At the heel.....3/4in......plus the thickness of the fretboard....1/4in.....For a total 1in, as AlexVDL stated.

The thickness of the headstock can be drum sanded to the 9/16in dimension.....thus giving the arc towards the fretboard. A sanding drum of 2 1/2in or 3in (about the diameter of a beer can!) should put you in the ballpark.....I can't recall the exact size needed.

[erikbojerik]

I've recently measured two Fender Strat necks, a 60's vintage 12-string neck with rosewood fretboard and a 1990 MIM 6-string 1-piece maple neck. The finished dimensions on both were around 0.86" at the first fret, increasing to about 0.90" at the 12th fret and just under an inch on the heel.

[tdog]

The finished dimensions on both were around 0.86" at the first fret, increasing to about 0.90" at the 12th fret and just under an inch on the heel.

....These dimensions are both taken at given points along the contour(taper) of the neck...It does not address the question of overall thickness....only the taper or the depth of the neck along the first 12 frets.....The wood for a bolt on neck of this type(Tele), Starts out as 4/4 stock and is milled to a finished thickness of 3/4in....Then a 1/4in fretboard is added........The depth at the first and 12th frets is irrelevant at this point.