Strat neck heel in a Tele neck pocket

[Damon]

First off, I appologize if this has been addressed here before. I tried searching for an answer to this already, but when your search string includes both "strat" and "tele," your results include about 3/4 of the posts on the forum.

I'm aware of the gaps created by putting a neck with a Strat heel shape on a guitar with a Tele-shaped neck pocket. My question is if you have a 22-fret neck, does the fretboard extension cover those gaps so that they're not visible?

Only reason I ask is that I'm looking at doing a Tele project with a showcase body, but I don't want a Tele neck - more specifically, a Tele headstock, which is the only option on a Tele-heeled neck if I don't want to pay up-charges for custom carving. If it was a custom body I'd just pay the $15 and get a Strat pocket and call it good.

Any input appreciated. Thanks.

 

[jimh]

Yep.  It's all fine.  At least it is on my project which I'm about to finish.  22 fret Strat neck on a La Cabronita tele body.

 

[SustainerPlayer]

http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Bodies/Options/GuitarNeckPocket.aspx

* Strat® Neck in a Tele® Neck Pocket.
A 22 fret neck's fingerboard overhang
would cover the gap. ​

 

[Damon]

Jim, thanks. Just wanted someone to say, "Yep, I've done it."

Sus, that's the pic I was looking at, and it's a 21-fret neck. I just wasn't 100% sure from looking at it if a 22-fret would really cover those gaps or if they'd still peek around the edges.

Thanks guys.

 

[JaySwear]

I had a Squier '51 (telecaster neck heel) with a Mighty Mite strat neck on it. Worked just fine!

 

[Patrick from Davis]

Here is mine that was done that way...
Patrick

 

[Damon]

Patrick, that's gorgeous. And it shows exactly what I wanted to see. Thanks.

 

[Cagey]

You know what happens when you marry a Strat neck to a Tele body? WORLDS COLLIDE!​

 

[RobR]

Works fine..... I know of at least 3 employee builds with Strat heels in Tele bodies... one of witch I have coveted over for a couple years....

 

[Damon]

You know what happens when you marry a Strat neck to a Tele body? WORLDS COLLIDE![/center]

Don't worry, they won't be married. Just cohabitating.....

Thanks for the input everyone. Now back to saving money to actually make one of these projects happen.....

 

[Cagey]

Ahh. Living in sin, then. Shameful.

But, since you're new here, you should know that most of the time I'm just having fun <grin>

 

[Damon]

Oh, I know. I read more than I post. I was just having fun back at ya.