Parts For (UGH!) Three-Bolt "Strats"
"Tilt Disc Upper Neck". Fits into a shallow cavity bored into the back of the neck heel, threaded for evil machine screw/"3rd bolt" that somewhat tenuously holds the neck to the body. There is one threaded hole in this gizmo and the machine screw/"3rd bolt" attaches here.
But I think they generally dislike the 70's stuff...This is what they write about the F tuners:...Fits bad old '70s Strats.
Fender 70's "F" Tuners. This style of BUTT UGLY tuners were used on Fender guitars during the bad old CBS '70s when Fender styling and quality was (in my opinion...) at a low point. These superbly made "'70s reissue" tuners are the 'VERSION II' style of the "F" tuner with precision geared Schaller manufactured innards, requiring very careful counter boring on the back end of the headstock. Not recommended for installation by non-cello peghead reamer owners, OK? No, these are not 'drop in' replacement tuners for the crummy, flimsy stamped tuners on your '74 Strat but they may fit your '79 with no modifications required. Chrome plated, includes press-in bushings and screws. Fender "F" stamped into back of chrome plated stamped metal tuner case. Precision tuner mechanism is (usually, not always...)
The Japanese Fender reissues which have three-bolt neck layouts actually have three regular screws, just like you suggested. Two things to watch out for - first of all, the third hole in the neck pocket (for the bolt, not the two screws) is larger in diameter to the screws so you'd have to probably dowel it and redrill a smaller hole for the screw (or find a larger diameter screw). You'd also want to make sure that the place where the third hole on the neck would go wouldn't interfere with the truss rod as many necks that have the adjustment at the heel end wouldn't like being drilled there - you'd want to find a neck with the truss rod adjustment at the headstock, like 70s necks.Gordon wrote: Putting a *non (I can't stress that enough) micro-tilt* 3-bolt neck on a 3-bolt body (which has the micro-tilt)... Would it work? The third screw seems a little thinner than the bold used on micro-tilt assemblies, so I assume it'd go throught the hole of the metal plate (in the neck pocket) directly to the heel of the neck, right?
To be more precise: I've got a Tele Custom '72RI (3-bolt, micro-tilt, truss access on the head) that's Mexican... There's a Japanese counterpart, which is the exact same model except it has no micro-tilt. And I'd like to put the JP neck on the MX body. Now, for the bolt/screw thing: I have bolt-on necks on a few guitars, and the mounting holes on the body are larger than the screws; so, I thought that screws had to screw only in the neck, and that it was the neck plate that actually was the attachment-point on the body. Is it really an issue to have one larger hole ont the body side (and only on this side of the junction)?mjet wrote: The Japanese Fender reissues which have three-bolt neck layouts actually have three regular screws, just like you suggested. Two things to watch out for - first of all, the third hole in the neck pocket (for the bolt, not the two screws) is larger in diameter to the screws so you'd have to probably dowel it and redrill a smaller hole for the screw (or find a larger diameter screw). You'd also want to make sure that the place where the third hole on the neck would go wouldn't interfere with the truss rod as many necks that have the adjustment at the heel end wouldn't like being drilled there - you'd want to find a neck with the truss rod adjustment at the headstock, like 70s necks.