adamcr Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 What size holes would you recommend for a regular strat-type (maple) neck? One of the holes in my near-finished frankenstein stripped (the neck is old) when changing it over so I've doweled/glued it and need to re-drill. I know the screws are 4mm, but how much 'give' is there in maple? How much smaller can I get away with drilling for a tight fit without risking the neck splitting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 I know the screws are 4mm, but how much 'give' is there in maple? How much smaller can I get away with drilling for a tight fit without risking the neck splitting? I've gone away from the usual screw type connection in my builds. I'm using a cab bolt connection system. I build furniture as a hobby and have used this type of connection in some of my projects and it is very effective. The cab bolt has a large head and uses a barrel nut that is embedded (in the guitar I embedded the barrel nut in the base of the neck). With this system you get a very strong tight fit, without fear of splitting the maple if over torquing like you could with regular threaded screws. Here are couple of links to the guitars I built using this type of connection. just my way of doing it. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=27631 http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=28607 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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