60's musicmaster/duo neck... screws?

markarkark · Post by **markarkark** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:34 pm

I'll put this in the screws sticky if anyone can sort it...

I've got a set of (modern) Fender USA neck mount screws, pretty sure they're #8, 1 3/4" long... they are perfect for the holes in the body I have (early 70's), but they seem to be too thick for the '66 musicmaster neck I've got. Anyone know if the 60's 'student' models had a different size neck mount screws and, if so, what size?

Cheers!

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:31 pm

I'm not sure about the width but the vintage ones are def thinner. Watch out for the length too or you might end up with holes in your fretboard.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:53 pm

Axes R us do shorter neck screws.
Not sure on diameter, but I have used them with no issues on a thinner guitar.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:29 am

Having dismantled around 23-30 Fender style guitars and worked on more - its a crapshoot. There are different lengths and thicknesses of screws with no rhyme or reason, but there are certainly shorter and thinner neck screws available. I'm afraid i sold off all my spares so i don't have any, but see if you can track some used ones down on eBay.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:15 pm

Yeah even those parts I got from you were a wee bit particular about which parts fitted best with each other.

vojtasTS29 · Post by **vojtasTS29** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:58 pm

I would just measure the hole depth by the wire like thing that sticks out of the calliper gauge thing hor whatever you call that(never used that term in english)... And than use slightly thicker screws. That will work.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:39 pm

Thomas wrote:Yeah even those parts I got from you were a wee bit particular about which parts fitted best with each other.

Yup, and they were 8 years apart at the most, likely made with the same tooling.

CNC manufacturing makes the same guitar, from the same line pretty much identical, but outside that...

And things like screws probably depend on who the cheapest supplier is at any one time, whether its a US made guitar from the 60s, or a Chinese one from 2015.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:23 pm

Jackson screws seem thinner, you could try those if you don't care about being vintage correct.