How to Fix Misaligned Holes on a Bolt-On Guitar Neck- Stratocaster
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2018
- This Frankenstrat had a neck with misaligned holes with the body. Here's how I fixed it to play like butter. Check out the Peter Johann Band: peterjohannband.com/ Thanks for watching! Subscribe, Like, Share and Comment!
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That is one of the tasks that concerns me the most when it comes to guitar maintenance, well done, good job!
Exactly what I needed! I just bought a new neck to replace one with a busted headstock. It came with pre drilled holes, but it didn’t line up right. Wasn’t sure what to do until I saw this. Thank you!!
This is how my fender pro 2 strat arrived….
It’s going back, this shouldn’t be the first job on a 1800 guitar.
Brill that loved watching it .common issue and a fine fix ..just did mine but luckily moving the neck over has solved the issue ..thanx very educational .
So well done. Thank you!
YES, Very Nice work.
Thanks, very very VERY helpful!
Nice work!
Wow.. thanks sir. You save my day.
Nice work
Great job you did it well👍👍👍👍👍
Dessert Man thank you! 👍😀
Nice video!
Great fix. Right out of the strat textbook! Interesting carving for sure.
Greg's Garage thanks man!
Bought a used b-stock American vintage II fender blemish for 40% off the price due to this exact issue, which is an amazing deal but it has the same issue as the guitar in the video. Thought I’d have to buy a new neck, didn’t realize how it would be so simple to fix, thanks for the detailed video!
awesome, glad the video helped! Good luck with your repair
Thanks for this! Man I wish the guitar I'm working on could be re-aligned by only re-drilling 1 hole 😂
I screwed up the holes if my 1st "guitar"... knowing I'm not the only one kindda makes less frustrated and less furious against myself 😅
@@juanpabloyanez5350 I mean I didn't say I was the one who messed up the holes lol. But yeah, gotta make mistakes and learn from them!
What size dowel is that? Thanks
Great job! I need the same fix on my Tele Deluxe.
@3:55 Is that scratch in the body finish or a crack in the body wood, starting from the open corner of the neck pocket on the E string, bass, or low side of the neck?
Great work 👌
what diameter dowel do you use?
glad I found this, saved my ass lol... great vid!
Great work, neat job. Can you share with us what species of hardwood dowel did you use to plug the hole and what type of adhesive did you apply? Thanks.
Alan McLaughlin I can see that it was CA glue
Sorry, May i ask a question, why it is only required to refill one holes, but not at least three holes??
I have a partcaster which neck was taken from a Mirage. The holes in it doesn't match with the body and need to rehole again. Does it affects the stability of the neck if it has many holes? Btw, the holes were covered just like you did in the video.
What if the high E is slightly too close from 1st to the 12th fret but lines up after that? Odd, I know, but I have a higher end G&L like this, which shouldn’t happen. Is a hole just barely off, maybe? Thanks in advance.
Hi, could i use a normal "joint" dowel? I mean, one with the lines all along. i already did on a "scrap" guitar but i don't wanna do it to my main if it's risky... the "scrap" guitar is working but it goes out of tune... but i blame the 10$ aliexpress bridge and the old rusty cheap tuners
To whomever might know about this: If the need arose to re drill many holes. Should the hardness of dowels be along the hardness of the neck wood?
did you redrill every holes or just one hole of the neck ?
I want to redrill , I want to move my neck 3mm away from the bridge since I cant move the bridge saddles , I am a bit afraid of this
I did it on one of my guitars. Same issue. Take your time, measure carefully, put the neck in position, clamp it and go. It’s easy. Just take your time.
You didn't show much on the alignment process other than " eye balling " . I guess it was an easier to fix than i thought . There's other sites showing the process more indepth like checking the neck pocket and shimming if necessary . Your one screw process was eye opening thanks .
Thanks, I try not to overly complicate things if possible. As Jimmy Diresta says, the eye doesn't lie.
Hi, I have a Fender style Strat body and the neck, but no holes at all, any advise how to start?
Look for free Strat plans online that have the hole spacing and layout or find a Strat and take some measurements to start. If I have time this weekend I can measure mine and let you know
Use the neck plate, center it on the body use a transfer punch to mark the holes, place neck in the body make sure it is lined up with body, drill 1/8 thru body into neck, measure the depth of the screws drill the neck, go back and drill body out to 3/16 use soap or wax on screws
I wonder what pickups those are?
Not sure, I think standard pickups on a Mexican Strat
That's a good sounding strat!
Thanks for making the video, but could you let us know more details? What size drill bit. What size dowel, and what type of wood? How deep are you drilling? What tools are you using? What type of glue? etc.
Honestly, YOU should probably take it to a guitar repair person.
@@Group_Anonymous Too late now, I already fixed it. It all turned out fine. (BTW, I'm not sure if you intended it but honestly YOU kind of sound like a dick.)
Nice job, I always like to keep my eye on the high E string the most, because every guitar player needs to hit higher notes than the low E, no one ever plays the low E at the 21st, 22nd, or 24th fret , and the high E is sohhhhh much more sensitive than any other string and it's the hardest to work on, to get the neck aligned, to get the frets just right. Any little fraction of a millimeter too high or too low on a fret can mean fret buzz. As much as I love guitars for decades, the first three steel strings are the worst to get perfect. I'm sure any luthier or DIY luthier can agree with me. Cheers
My guitar came like this and I don’t have any tools to fix it and I’m sad
Just loosen the strings. Than loosen the four bolts. Keep the guitar on your lap with its back towards you and the neck to the right. Push the neck by its headstock towards the flour. Keep it like that with your left hand and tighten the bolts. Now re tune.👍
...and as usual, he has to show his chops after the job is done
Are you eye rolling as you leave this comment? Sorry, if you felt I was showing off, that was not my intention. Anyway, thanks for the watching, I hope you have a great day👍
@@VintageWoodWorkshop no eye rolling, but the video title was about drilling the holes for a Stratocaster neck
@@DougHinVA ok, I’ll change the title to warn people that I actually test the guitar for playability at the end of the video, thanks for the feedback
guess again foo, those strings are still way off.