Curtis P Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 I am going to bolt the neck on tommorow hopefully, if the hand held router gets returned to my wood shop, but this is how i was going to do it: Route the neck pocket so the neck site flush, then drill the 4 holes through it and into the neck, then i was going to put wood glue on it too, since i wont be removing the neck, or should i not use wood glue? Also, will and screws work? or do they have to be special ones? Thanks Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 ?? its been 2 hours and no one has even said boo! no offence, but i kinda want to know tonight just so i can gather up the stuff i need to put the neck on, it would just save me alot of time tommorow morning instead of scrambling around Sorry if i offended anyone or anything Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 well you should know to post earlier if you want a couple of posts under your belt before you decide on something and do it... I honestly don't know why the standard screws are so big, just that they usualy are compared to your normal wood screws. if you're already going to have screws in there not much point of using glue too, i'd say pick one, and if you don't have the right screws on hand, i'd go with glue, provided you know you've done everything right, ie: pocket depth, a good tight fit, angle, and that you have a couple of good short and strong clamps just my opinion to help ya out if you absolutely have to do it tomorow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 assuming the neck pocket is standard to something or another(strat or otherwise), MAKE SURE you have the pocket size and depth correct. I also assume that the truss rod access is at the headstock not the body. If at the body, gluing on the neck isn't too smart... Also, if necessary, check the neck angle in accordance with the bridge. Good Luck! PS if you decide to go with a design that would require taking the neck off and putting it back on multiple times, have you considered using threaded inserts? $.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Here ya go: Bolt-On Necks Installation Instructions Standard neck screws are about 3/16" dia. (#11 wood screw?) and 1-3/4" long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKGBass Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I was at ACE Hardware the other day and I picked up a couple of these nifty things called Trim Screws. They're 1 1/4" long and actually come with a ferrule type thing. I put 5 of them into my bass to mount the neck and it works fine, they're about 1/8 - 3/16" wide. $.50 a piece so not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 dont glue at first you can always take the neck off and put glue on it afterwards once its all straight and everything is right MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I know that fender just screws it into the wood of the neck pocket, but I have a westone that plays awesome and never gets out of adjustment and I noticed they used threaded inserts. Like these from Workshop Supply.. I think it would hold better and keep the neck from shifting which is what a Fender guitar will do in some cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 i aint goin to glue it just yet, but some chick was usin the hand router, so i couldnt route today, i definetly get it tommorow, then i am using Allen head bolts with dowels around them (the dowels are hollowed out and have 2 nuts super glued in there) it should work pretty good then, either that or flat head screws that just go in, i will of course drill a pilot hole Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 The westone guitar has the threaded inserts in the neck, sorry if I mislead anyone by my other statement. It's the type that you screw down with a hex bolt and has regular threads in the inside. I've had to do a number of neck realignments on fender style guitars, and it just seems like the Westone guitar never messes up. So the newest guitar I make will have them in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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