Chrisstrong_86 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Hi, i'm building my first guitar, it's a strat and I want to give it a more accessable heel. I was wondering if this is possible on a strat like on the http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/heal.htm - tutorial. and if so can i do it with a standard strat neck? Also how do you go about measuring where the screws should go as they are in different places than if using a standard neck plate? Body = Mahogony Neck = maple No holes are drilled yet! Regards Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 that tutorial actually doesn't demonstrate converting to an AANJ, but rather just thinning the part of the body that bolts to the heel, in which case doing this to a strat would require nothing other then some shorter neck bolts and new paint. There are repercusions in thinning away support of the neck in this area though. Maybe you should just pickup a neck plate such as this one, and trim the neck pocket to meet it, doesn't take much to free your hand around those bottom frets. available from guitar parts depot, Fender has also had a contoured neck joint for quite a bit now on some of it's guitars taken from a seller on ebay.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 allparts sells that same contoured neck plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisstrong_86 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Ok, thats a great help, thats definately what i'm looking for! However, which one do you think gives the best access as they differ somewhat, the fender one looks nicer but which one would offer the best reach? Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisstrong_86 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I've fitted the neck as well now, the body i'm using is pre routed and the neck join doesn't match the neck shape exactly and so it doesn't go in all the way, there's about 3mm empty clearance between the neck and the pick up side of the pocket, is this normal. Other than that its a very tight fit! Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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