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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:14 am
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NO modifications are required to fit a Strat neck onto a Tele body.

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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:19 am
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This is my version of the "eric Blind Faith" guitar : -

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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:05 am
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Martian wrote:
NO modifications are required to fit a Strat neck onto a Tele body.
Yeah, that's what I said. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:40 pm
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Getting ready to do this but I wanted to bump this back towards the top so I could find it. I'm getting ready to put the Tele neck on my Strat body. Goofing around with that 54 Strat reissue has messed me up, Strat with a Tele shaped neck time! I'll also be adding the Strat neck to the donor Tele I have because it's different and I already have another of each of them to fall back on. My number one favorite guitar is still my stock Tele!


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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:17 pm
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Thanks, for the answers! Any issues with the strings aligning over the pickups? Esp the neck one --- if you are using humbuckers or single poles, exposed?


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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:26 pm
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There is one issue not mentioned. a 22 fret neck has a fingerboard that is longer than the neck so it would hide any gap but a 21 fret neck is not requiring the extra work.


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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:52 pm
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I'm still playing the two guitars that I'm going to be mixing the necks on so I haven't started on the swap yet. Maybe next week at this rate!


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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:55 am
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My Squier Classic Vibe 50's Strat needs a fret job/new neck. I also have an Squier Affinity Tele with a maple neck with a satin finish that I really like. I may try to pick up another Affinity and put the neck on my Strat. Two main guitars with the same neck... Both guitars have been seriously modded with pickups, hardware and wiring. They both sound excellent and both stay in tune quite well.

Anyone ever do this conversion?

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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:18 pm
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tjnugent wrote:
My Squier Classic Vibe 50's Strat needs a fret job/new neck. I also have an Squier Affinity Tele with a maple neck with a satin finish that I really like. I may try to pick up another Affinity and put the neck on my Strat. Two main guitars with the same neck... Both guitars have been seriously modded with pickups, hardware and wiring. They both sound excellent and both stay in tune quite well.

Anyone ever do this conversion?

TJ


No, not on Squires but it should be the same as with any other neck conversion like this where the only concern might be a little reshaping of the pickguard where it meets the neck heel.

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Post subject: Re: Strat neck to Tele conversion
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 1:56 pm
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I think the problem here depends on whether or not the neck is a 21 or 22 fret neck. The blind faith tele had a neck that was pre 22 fret fender. Modern 22 fret necks will fit over the gaps between the heel and the pickguard rendering them hidden behind the over hang of the 22nd fret. The fit is still not perfect tho. Ideally you want as much neck wood in contact with the body joint as possible.
I would thing the blind faith guitar would have had to have a new pickguard cut to hide the gaps of the circular neck heel in the square joint.

going the other way. (Tele body/strat neck) you have the problem of the tele neck corners not allowing the neck to fit as close as possible to the neck pick up. this gap in my opinion would alter the over all scale length slightly and need to be compensated for.

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