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Can the fine truss rod screw if broken off be repaired on a modern construction neck

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good deal. Now when you get the strings back on and tuned you need to check that the e and the E strings at the heel end of the neck have approximately the same distance to the sides of the neck. If not slightly loosen the neck mounting screws and pull the neck one way or the other at the tuner...

Make sure that there is enough of a space between the pickguard and neck that it can actually slide. Turn the neck pickup screws to raise the pickup as high as possible. Raise the tremolo end of the pickguard up while trying to slide the pickguard away from the neck. If your lucky the raised...

Just let it go dude

I pretty sure the only hole on an 8 hole that will not be lined up with a hole in your body will be the on by the 5way switch. Take a look at these two examples...

Are you painting the body when you get it? If so plug and redrill.  Or find a toploader bridge with the spacing you want with the mounting holes that match your body. Or if you want to do a hack job counterbore the string holes from the topside about half way down the thickness of the body so...

They would look great I think. Be a trendsetter. Why not.

Maple would be great or even something harder like oak even better. I use my drill press with a metal rod or screw bigger than the dowel to push them in. That way they push in flush with the neck surface pretty much, and hardly no sanding. Also rough up the edges of the dowel by poking a sharp...

Yep I tried the insert and screw on all my necks and now I hate them. I am slowly going back to how they were meant to be. Be sure not to make the mistake of using regular hardwood dowel where the grain is running lengthwise from end to end. It wont work. You need crossgrain or the screws will...

They have just about every kind of screw invented also.

They have staninless here. https://www.mcmaster.com/threaded-inserts

Usually they are always 8-32 thread. Are you looking for a place in the UK to purchase or US. Lots of places here even our local hardware stores, besides all the online places...

Great. Glad ya got it setup. I bet it sounds really nice too.

Right on.....and you build some awesome guitars.