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Bolt-on
neck Kit: $22.00
(Price
includes shipping in US)
International
customers: to inquire about shipping expenses
CLICK HERE to send an email. Please let us know where you live and
what you would like to order and we can send you a PayPal invoice.
California residents please add 8.25% sales tax.
We also offer this Router Fixture for
routing the cavities for the alignment bars in the neck and neck block
with your 1/4" flat bit and 1/2" pilot bushing. If you prefer to make
this yourself, we can email you a drawing upon request.
Router Fixture: $53.00
(Price
includes shipping in US)
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Bolt on Neck Kit
This is the completed neck with the truss rod
adjustable from inside the guitar. The mahogany alignment bars with
threaded inserts are glued
in a cavity routed in the neck/ body and glued to the underside of the fingerboard.
Attachment to the body is achieved with the stainless steel inserts in the
heel. The fingerboard is attached to the top by means of the threaded
inserts in the alignment bars.
The kit includes two mahogany alignment bars
with threaded inserts and all the fastening hardware which
includes the stainless steel threaded inserts for the heel and
Belleville spring washers to keep things in place.
Step-by-step instructions and photos on an online help page and detailed
drawings make this task easy for "one-off"
builders or for those in a production environment.
The kit does not include the truss rod or any parts for the neck or body.
If you are returning to buy more of these kits and
already have the instructions/drawings please indicate this and we will
take $4 off the the price and not send out the drawings again.
The kit does not include the truss rod or any
wooden parts for the neck or body.
Shown above with a 2-way truss rod that will be
adjustable from inside the guitar, the rod can be reversed for adjustment
at the headstock.
To see guitars using this system, go to:
www.michelettiguitars.com
Additional Information:
After owning a instrument repair shop in northern
California for many years I started thinking about the advantages of a
mechanically fastened neck. Removing and resetting a neck is very
expensive and labor intensive. You can remove a bolt-on neck in less than
5 minutes. Many guitar tops crack near the fingerboard because the woods
cannot expand or contract independently. Applying and polishing the finish at
the neck/body joint and the top/fingerboard joint is difficult. I could go
on...
In the mid 80's, I began experimenting with
mechanically fastened necks on my own guitars as many other builders did.
Would there be a resonance or projection loss? Would the neck stay fastened to
the body? That first prototype is still going strong. There was no
resonance sacrifice.
I have refined the connection many times over the years
and have come up with a straightforward, easy to fabricate system. You don't need a
lot of tools or fixtures. The neck stays aligned with the body centerline
and it won't move.
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