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you know the lil counter sunk metal bits that you can use for bolt on applications rather than a neck plate?
im not sure what the hell they are called, nor where to get them.
anyone got any leads?

pic?

do you mean washers?

http://www.axesrus.com/axehardware.htm#Nplates

these things

YES! so are they called neck screw ferrells? or what cuz i searched the hell out of a few u.s. sites and couldn't find shit!

i didn't know what they were called either, i would have guessed at washers. the sort of thing ibanez uses i think

it appears that gpr doesn't carry them, which sucks becuz i have a big order made up thru them at the moment and i hate getting stuff from 3 different places, but if i have to, then i have to.

$3.99 on ebay.

Ace hardware..maybe 25 cents each.

Love Ace Hardware, there's always a 90 year old guy working there would can find anything you want and chat your head off for hours. StewMac also sells em

yeah, i don't think those are the same thing.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:yeah, i don't think those are the same thing.

The ones at Ace are stamped washers.But yeah,Ace is teh place.

and like i said, they're not the same thing. stamped washers and cast bushings/ferrules, are not the same. at all.

Yes and no. Mosrite used something that looks just like (and may be) grommets, like in a freaking flag. But I have bought those separate ferrule things before, and they are a bit thicker. Stewmac should have them too.

yeah, the ferrules actually set inside a bored hole, those grommets/washers would just wedge in between the neck plate holes under the pull of the screw.

when assembling a guitar, i've never been much of a hardware store kinda guy.

attaching an undersized screw with a washer to my shelving unit, ace it is.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:yeah, the ferrules actually set inside a bored hole, those grommets/washers would just wedge in between the neck plate holes under the pull of the screw.

totally. also, the hardware store ones are not chrome plated.

I would say it all depends on the results you're looking for.If it's a budget build, yeah cheap is better.If you're going for the gold, nothing like top shelf hardware.