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70s 3 bolt strats converted to 4 bolt?

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John_PJohn_P Frets: 2750
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Was it common place to convert a 3 bolt neck joint to a 4 bolt?    I can see how a badly fitting neck that isn’t very stable would benefit, if it’s done well but I’ve only come across a couple and in both cases it looked a bit unnecessary. 
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72597
    edited June 2019
    Thankfully not that common, and pointless - the problem isn't the number of bolts, it's the fit of the neck into the pocket.

    The correct solution is to either veneer the neck pocket sides, or pin/mesh/sandpaper the floor of the pocket - equally effective if not more so, and doesn't make an ugly mess of the back of the guitar - it's impossible to do well because the four-bolt plate doesn't quite cover the hole for the tilt adjuster screw on the three-bolt, and the two outer holes don't quite line up.

    Three bolts with any of those solutions is more stable than four without.

    I posted this in another thread but it's worth repeating...



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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 31658
    I wouldn't bother converting a 3-bolt guitar, but I do have a 3-bolt CBS neck on a 4-bolt body.

    http://i63.tinypic.com/2i107qs.jpg

    http://i68.tinypic.com/ify809.jpg
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  • skullfunkerryskullfunkerry Frets: 4202
    p90fool said:
    I wouldn't bother converting a 3-bolt guitar, but I do have a 3-bolt CBS neck on a 4-bolt body.

    http://i63.tinypic.com/2i107qs.jpg

    http://i68.tinypic.com/ify809.jpg
    That's a very nice-looking guitar!
    Too much gain... is just about enough \m/

    I'm probably the only member of this forum mentioned by name in Whiskey in the Jar ;)

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  • BeardyAndyBeardyAndy Frets: 716
    skullfunkerry said:
    p90fool said:
    I wouldn't bother converting a 3-bolt guitar, but I do have a 3-bolt CBS neck on a 4-bolt body.

    http://i63.tinypic.com/2i107qs.jpg

    http://i68.tinypic.com/ify809.jpg
    That's a very nice-looking guitar!
    I've got one for sale if your interested? ;)
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  • skullfunkerryskullfunkerry Frets: 4202
    edited June 2019
    p90fool said:
    I wouldn't bother converting a 3-bolt guitar, but I do have a 3-bolt CBS neck on a 4-bolt body.

    http://i63.tinypic.com/2i107qs.jpg

    http://i68.tinypic.com/ify809.jpg
    That's a very nice-looking guitar!
    I've got one for sale if your interested?
    Not for me thanks dude! I'm not really a Strat sort of guy, although I think they look fab

    (And yes, I know my Squier is a Strat, but it has active humbuckers, a Floyd Rose, and the volume knob isn't so close to the bridge)
    Too much gain... is just about enough \m/

    I'm probably the only member of this forum mentioned by name in Whiskey in the Jar ;)

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