Advice Required re. Bass Neck Removal...

[Geek99]

Regular dust will do but it has to be seasoned and blessed by Fender pixies 

[rainbowreality]

Late to the party but what do people think of this?

 

[Stub Mandrel]

2 hours ago, rainbowreality said:

Late to the party but what do people think of this?

 

 

It's not the issue he's making it out to be. The screws often lightly touch the neck pocket holes, but I've never found one where there was enough interference to stop the screws tightening properly. 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

The video is utter b0llocks. I've removed & refitted necks many many times and this has never been a problem. Opening up the holes in the body might run the risk of the neck shifting in the pocket - especially on a 70s Fender with an overgenerous pocket.

[BigRedX]

The theory is fine but it has been mis-applied in the case of a bolt-on neck guitar.

 

This is because the forces acting on the joint are not all in the same direction as the screws. If you were just attaching a neck to a guitar with no strings then the clearance hole idea makes sense. However the strings are also pulling at 90° to the screws which means that the clearance holes are going to allow possible unwanted movement of the neck in the pocket.

[warwickhunt]

The other obvious thing is that the Screw On (they aren't 'bolted' on) body is predrilled to accept the screws; it's not like they just stick 4 screws through a blank piece of timber into the neck!