Odin Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Does anyone know why Fender makes sooo many holes in the neck cavity on their guitars? I thought they where only to be found on Squires, but even on my 3000$ strat there are 3 holes that doesent seem to have any function at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 wow! $3000 for a strat?! Gulp. Hope those extra holes are value for money. All that extra tooling.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postal Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 (edited) There are extra holes that are to align the neck in different machines- CNC and other. Many fender basses have an extra hole on the backside of the headstock for this purpose as well- That bass hole is under a tuning machine, and has a wooden plug in it. There are some artist models that have extra holes because some repair guy somwhere drilled that hole in the origional artists guitar, and fender does it as part of the re-creation ala SRV --- whaddya mean that SRV costs more? shouldnt it be less? hell, it's a scratch and dent! --------ooops---- edit--------------- just reread the post- and it was regarding extra holes in the neck pocket---- not the neck itself....... Those are to screw the metal handle onto the neck pocket to hold the guitar while it's being painted. There is also the "micro tilt" models with the extra hole that goes all the way through the pocket. Edited August 24, 2006 by postal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Thats what it costs to live in Norway Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 You will find some manufacturers drill extra holes for mounting parts into jigs. Original Hagstrom guitars have a little plastic plug on the back of the body, low down on the centerline. The plug covers a hole used for holding the guitar in a hand routing jig while cutting pickup cavities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Good to know. I got a Mex Tele body off of eBay a while back and was worried it was messed up because of those extra holes... I guess it's normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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