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08-01-2008, 12:02 PM
| | | | Neck holes wont line up, can you help with a few questions?
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hi there everyone, i have a MIJ pbass neck and a MIM classic 50s body.
the neck fits in the neck pocket great. however the holes are slightly off.
the holes in the body at the bridge side almost work, but the screws go in crooked,
the screws at the headstock side, just miss the neck hole, by like 1/16"-1/8".
I really do not want to touch the neck at all, it seems like the body just needs the holes elongated a little bit.
Would this cause any stability issues at all?
If i elongated the body holes, what could i fill up the space with? if i doweled and redrilled the holes would be right on the edge of the dowels..
Thanks for your help!
Jason |
08-01-2008, 12:56 PM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | If it were me, I would not use this neck on this bass. Find an MIM neck that fits. Sell the MIJ or use it for a different project.
Is this because you don't like the 1.75" nut neck that came on the MIM P?
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08-01-2008, 12:58 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | The best solution is to dowel and re-drill the neck holes. Enlarging the neck holes is going to be a less-than-perfect answer structurally, and long-term stability could be an issue. Also, the neck plate will also be relocated off-center and will look wonky.
I put a CIJ neck on my MIM J body, and it took some re-shaping of the neck pocket and re-drilling of the holes i nthe neck, but the result came out really nice. |
08-01-2008, 01:04 PM
| | | | im really thinking about just spending the $100 bucks to have the vintique threaded insert kit installed, it will be the strongest too, I really feel uneasy about drilling and doweling the neck. |
08-01-2008, 01:09 PM
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08-01-2008, 08:00 PM
|  | Praising His name through music | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stephenville, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Carr  If it were me, I would not use this neck on this bass. Find an MIM neck that fits. Sell the MIJ or use it for a different project. | I agree. The MIJ bodies are drilled different than the MIM/USA bodies, so there will be a difference in the neck screw locations. But if you want to use the neck, drill and doweling is simple to accomplish. |
08-01-2008, 08:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego, CA | | | I recently had an old (SQ-serial era) Squier neck fitted to a Telecaster body by a guitar tech friend of mine and he dowled and redrilled the holes. I had the impression from him that it was the most reliable way to do it.
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08-01-2008, 08:07 PM
| | | | The only thing I have against doweling is ANY possible loss of stability/strength, Would there be any loss of strength or would sending the body and neck to Jay at vintique to have the machine screw/inserts the way to go? |
08-01-2008, 08:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego, CA | | | I can't think of any reasons doweling would cause a greater loss of strength/stability than elongating the holes would.
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08-01-2008, 08:16 PM
| | | | how about over original? |
08-02-2008, 09:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whittier, CA USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CrimsonGhost im really thinking about just spending the $100 bucks to have the vintique threaded insert kit installed, it will be the strongest too, I really feel uneasy about drilling and doweling the neck. | You would have to plug the old holes with dowels to properly locate the center of the new holes for the threaded inserts. |
08-02-2008, 10:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | If plug the holes with dowels, you will be drilling/screwing into the endgrain of the wood. It would be easier, and stronger in my opinion, to fill the holes in the neck with epoxy and re-drill them in the correct spot. |
08-02-2008, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by sjb64 You would have to plug the old holes with dowels to properly locate the center of the new holes for the threaded inserts. | the threaded inserts are alot larger then the original holes and the holes are very very close to there they need to be already, should be enough room to just drill for the inserts. |
08-02-2008, 02:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whittier, CA USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CrimsonGhost the threaded inserts are alot larger then the original holes and the holes are very very close to there they need to be already, should be enough room to just drill for the inserts. |
You need to fill the holes and clamp the neck to the body. Then drill through the holes in the body, to locate the exact centers of the new holes. You need to do this whether you use wood screws or threaded inserts.
With threaded inserts, it will be more important to have the inserts perfectly located than with standard screws. By clamping the neck to the body, and using the holes in the body as a dilling template, you'll have the holes perfectly located.
I've reset necks before and found that using carpenters glue and Maple dowels worked well. I've never had a problem with screws coming loose. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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