oneleaf
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I just got my first set of parts from Warmoth for a telecaster build. Pretty excited. Warmoth's customer service has been excellent!
I did notice their choice of neck screws for the contoured heel (2x long, 2x short) is a bit problematic though. Not sure if this problem is specific to the Tele neck heel or others are seeing the same thing.
The product description states it includes 2x 1.5-inch short screws and 2x 1.75 inch long screws. The long screws go towards the bridge and short screws go toward the head stock.
I just put on the neck plate, put the screws in and measured the length of the protrusion and discovered the following:
My final conclusion is that if you want all the screws to stick out at a uniform length and to have no danger of fretboard protrusion, there should be 3 sizes of screws:
As such, I'll only be using 2 of the screws from the Warmoth set and buying a box of 1.5-inch oval head #8 wood screws from a big box store.
Curious if anyone else discovered the same? The 1.75-inch screw being too long for one of the screws seemed very dangerous for Warmoth to send unless I am missing something.
I did notice their choice of neck screws for the contoured heel (2x long, 2x short) is a bit problematic though. Not sure if this problem is specific to the Tele neck heel or others are seeing the same thing.
The product description states it includes 2x 1.5-inch short screws and 2x 1.75 inch long screws. The long screws go towards the bridge and short screws go toward the head stock.
I just put on the neck plate, put the screws in and measured the length of the protrusion and discovered the following:
- The short screws are actually 1.375-inch long, not 1.5-inch as stated in the description.
- One of the 1.75-inch screws is perfect (bottom-right looking from the rear of the guitar)
- One of the 1.375-inch long screws is perfect (top-left looking from the rear of the guitar)
- The other 1.75-inch screw is too long and dangerously close to protruding from the fretboard. With the neckplate as installed, the tip of the screw would just be a hair below the fret board surface. This could potentially push out a fret or leave a bump. A 1.5-inch long screw would be perfect here.
- The other 1.375-inch long screw is workable, but a 1.5-inch long screw would also be perfect here.
My final conclusion is that if you want all the screws to stick out at a uniform length and to have no danger of fretboard protrusion, there should be 3 sizes of screws:
- 1x 1.75-inch
- 2x 1.5-inch
- 1x 1.375-inch
As such, I'll only be using 2 of the screws from the Warmoth set and buying a box of 1.5-inch oval head #8 wood screws from a big box store.
Curious if anyone else discovered the same? The 1.75-inch screw being too long for one of the screws seemed very dangerous for Warmoth to send unless I am missing something.