jaycee Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 What size bolts do you reccomend I use to bolt the neck on?. I am thinking about 8mm which is 0.31 inch or 6mm which is 0.25 inch I hate imperial when using small measurements, we changed to metric when I was about 10 so I tend to use both, but anything small I find metric is so much easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 I have 1/4-20 hardware from Lee Valley (honestly because the bolts were prettier than what I could find locally), but my first guitar used M6 bolts. Plenty strong enough for an acoustic. The wood will fail before the bolts do, most like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Thanks Mat. I looked at M6 bolts the other day in Halfords and they looked up to the job. I suppose there isn't much pressure on them in a direct sense, it is more of a cantelever type due to the string tension, so all they have to do is not get pulled through the neck block, which is where the washers come in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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