rolandson
Dr. Stratster
Short screw or a different neck. And if it twas I, I'd go wth a different neck.
Ah ****!
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BluesGuitarMart
Strat-Talk Member
My guess based on basically nothing is that three screws will hold the neck just fine.
She seems to be holding fine. I played it for about an hour or so with no shift in the neck.
madmtnmotors
Just Blundering My Way Through
I would dowel the hole in the body and use a short screw to "fill out" the holes in the neck plate. It could always be drilled out later if a different neck is used.
EZPZ
EZPZ
I had that body set up with a Warmoth modern neck, with the side-adjust truss rod. I did some testing on another neck/body and found that 3 screws was sufficient to hold the neck firmly in place. The 4th screw, which overlaps with the truss adjust, I cut short so that it penetrated a little bit into the neck (which I drilled at the right spot, just down to the truss adjust unit). I figured that would at least help to prevent lateral movement, even though there weren't many threads really digging deep to prevent the neck from lifting off. I had it set up that way for a year or two, no problems. I've currently got two other modern-style Warmoth necks with the side-adjust truss rods attached in just that way to Warmoth strat bodies. I can't promise you won't have a problem, but I've been doing it on several guitars with no issues for several years.
^^^^ this^^^ is exactly what I would do to.I would dowel the hole in the body and use a short screw to "fill out" the holes in the neck plate. It could always be drilled out later if a different neck is used.
EZPZ
Another option (if there is room) would be to use a shallow threaded bolt insert in the neck. It wouldn't need to go very deep into the neck. You would of course need a bolt the correct length to make this work. Probably not worth the hassle. I see no reason the screws wont hold the neck solid.
Could resin fix a short threaded insert and use a correct length bolt. If you ever sold the neck, it would then be useable on either heel type.
I was wondering if there was a helicoil type solution for wood. I'll be looking into that! Thanks
I very well may do this. I played the hell out of it and nothing shifted.
I wonder if that was an early version of this system that someone deleted...
I have an idea that I didn't see listed. However, I'm not familiar with the layout of that type of internal truss rod mechanism.
Take the neck plate off, dowel/pilot drill the spot for the screw in question and cut that screw down or get a shorter one. Set that screw aside. With the neck plate still off, drill for a full length screw to the right and toward the headstock (following the shape of the neck plate) and countersink it so the neck plate sits flush over it. Install the hidden screw, then install neck plate as normal. You'd never need to wonder if the neck joint is strong enough.
Otherwise, I think the threaded insert is the next best thing. It just wouldn't have much wood around it to support it.
Take the neck plate off, dowel/pilot drill the spot for the screw in question and cut that screw down or get a shorter one. Set that screw aside. With the neck plate still off, drill for a full length screw to the right and toward the headstock (following the shape of the neck plate) and countersink it so the neck plate sits flush over it. Install the hidden screw, then install neck plate as normal. You'd never need to wonder if the neck joint is strong enough.
Otherwise, I think the threaded insert is the next best thing. It just wouldn't have much wood around it to support it.
