Alexander Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Hi all, really simple question: I've bought a strat copy body and a generic strat dimension neck, I checked that one would fit the other with the vendor prior to buying them. However, they arrived in the post today and the neck is fractionally too large to go in the neck socket, I would say by about 1-2mm max. Is it OK to just sand away at the cavity until the neck fits? How snug should it be in the hole? Any tips for doing this? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted June 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Hmm OK, so after a few minutes sanding the neck now slots into the cavity. However, the existing drill holes in the neck are too far off to one side for the screws to line up. Bummer. I assume if the neck fits in the hole that it's going to be centred for the guitar, so does this mean I have to drill new holes in the neck? This could be tricky because the existing ones are only maybe 1-2mm out of whack so they'll be too close to where the "proper" holes will be. Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badasstommyboy Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 i've got a similar problem with one of mine. I've not done it yet, but i've been told (by the lovely people on these here forums) that i should drill out the existing holes fill it with the same size dowel and glue it in, leave to dry then drill new holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted June 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Blimey that sounds a lot like woodwork to me - scary. Makes sense though. Thanks for your reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 you should have sanded the same amount of work from each side of the neck cavity. The concern now is that your neck is off center if the holes aren't lining up. If it is off center, you'll want to shim one side of the cavity and sand away the other side until it fits. If you don't care about it being centered then your only real option is to dowel the neck bolt holes and redrill as was already mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted June 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Ah thanks - I see... Obviously I want the neck to be centred, but my concern was that the existing holes in the neck aren't drilled central if you see what I mean. They certainly don't look like they're centred in the neck, one pair of holes is visibly closer to the edge than the others. So was worried that if I sand away at one side of the neck hole to make the neck fittable, it would still be off centre for the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Then I would measure a centerline on the body first, mark it with tape or something, and then measure a center line on the heel of the neck, and sand the side of the cavity until it lines up dead center, then dowel the holes if needed and fit the neck properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted June 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Thanks again, I shall do that. A bit trickier than I was hoping for my first project, but a great way to learn.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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