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You use the term “bolt-on” but can I use screws to attach the neck of an electric solidbody guitar?

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You use the term “bolt-on” but can I use screws to attach the neck of an electric solidbody guitar?

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A. By all means, this is the way it is typically done and millions of Telecasters and Stratocasters are still being made this way. There’s a right way and a wrong way. When you drill your holes, the ones that go through the body should be large enough that the screw just passes through without the screw threads biting into the body wood. You only want the screws screwed into the neck. Otherwise all that friction can cause the head to break off when you tighten the screws down, or when the neck needs to be removed. Use a little paraffin (candle wax) to wax the threads before you install the screws, that will also make it easier for some future repair tech, or you, to remove the neck if necessary.

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