Neck block work

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by wayne holmes

Jeff- you show wisdom beyond your years-great to know that there is at least one other who is not afraid of a little screw that can't be seen

let us not use screws, rather, let's just keep making the block bigger and bigger and bigger

So you prefer a bolt-on to a neck-thru then?

[Eric Hochberg]

Doesn't using screws to hold together neck to block make a broken neck more likely in an accident involving the neck (as opposed to the neck coming clean out of the block under stress)? Maybe they never come clean out without breaking?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by wayne holmes

Ken-huh? So, you are saying-what are you saying?

Just a Pun..

If my bass falls I want the joint to give and not the neck to break. Cheaper to fix that way.

[Matthew Tucker]

yes I could screw the neck in, or i could use a bolt like all my other basses;

Thanks for your note Jeff - glad I'm not the only one to hate this type of repair. This bass has also had major button reconstruction as the button was damaged when the back came off to be re-joined.

I guess i'll just pack out the voids between the ribs and the heel and make sure the mortise and heel fit well.