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Hi everyone.

I was wondering if I could mount a tele neck onto a body originally routed for a strat without having to modify the neck pocket.

Thanks for your help.

No a Tele neck has a more square base, you'll need to rout/modify.

cool. thanks for the info

However I'm pretty sure you can put a strat neck onto a tele body with no problems.



A Strat neck works in a tele body, but you have a little space in the corners where the neck meets the pocket. A 22 fret neck covers it up though.




Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

that's wrong in so many ways...

That's the album cover for the record that had quot;Ah, Leahquot; on it.

Damn, that's a great song.

Donnie Iris in his underpants or not.

That's a crazy cover...yeah, that was a kool song. He looks like Kramer dressed as Buddy.
lt;Strat necks rock!

I recently went through this same thing, since I'm putting a real Tele neck in a Schecter PT body and *amp;^%!! Schecter routes all their bodies with curved-end Strat pockets.

I came to the same conclusions as the answers above. I drew up a little picture of a Tele neck in a Strat pocket for illustrative purposes - it can be seen by following this link to my MIM Forum thread.

To put the Tele neck on a Strat body, the yellow areas are going to have to be removed, either by routing the body or sanding a 5quot; radius on the neck.

From the Warmoth Neck FAQ

quot;Strat® necks will fit Tele® bodies but show a gap at the corners. Tele® necks may not intonate on a Strat® body without neck pocket modification.quot;

So you do need to follow Rich_S's routing/sanding suggestion if you want your guitar to intonate properly.

How about getting a Strat neck amp; cutting down the headstock? You are the only one who has to know.......

I know a guy who makes Jazzmaster style guitars with Tele headstocks. They look cool.


Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

he he he.... I have that album on LP and CD!!!!!! Love The first track.... They still play it once in a while on our Classic rock station here in Toronto..

We still do quot;Ah Leahquot; and quot;Love is Like a Rockquot; from time to time in my own band.


Originally Posted by HellionWe still do quot;Ah Leahquot; and quot;Love is Like a Rockquot; from time to time in my own band.

Ah... but do you do quot;The Rapper?quot;