Suggest Clamps For Attaching Strat Neck

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any favorites that work well for you ?

[Chris of Arabia]

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Clamps? They're normally bolted on. Why a clamp?

[Bfeeney]

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Home Depot has a great selection of C clamps.

[bruce bennett]

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I'd make a suggestion if I could, but I'll need a little more infomation about what your attempting to do.

the normal Strat neck attachment method is four #8 X 1.750 long oval headed tapping screws and a neck plate.

[crusty philtrum]

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I have a vague memory of the late Terry Kath (of Chicago) saying in a 1970s interview that he had a Strat that had it's neck held on by a radiator clamp.

[GuitarDoc]

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Yeah...right. A clamp will sorta interfere with the strings a bit. Will make for some interesting playing I would say.

[Empty Pockets]

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Clamp? Too bulky and clumsy. I prefer to dunk the neck in Elmers glue, cram it into the neck pocket, then use a nice sledge hammer on the headstock until i've driven the neck a good half inch into the neck pickup cavity. Then i cover it with lighter fluid, toss a lit match on it, and leave it on my amp to dry, hopefully never playing guitar again in my life.

[SlyFoxx]

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Clamp? Too bulky and clumsy. I prefer to dunk the neck in Elmers glue, cram it into the neck pocket, then use a nice sledge hammer on the headstock until i've driven the neck a good half inch into the neck pickup cavity. Then i cover it with lighter fluid, toss a lit match on it, and leave it on my amp to dry, hopefully never playing guitar again in my life.

Is this that sarcasm thing I've been hearing about?

[FretFire]

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[ImmortalSix]

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[Kam]

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[jmh151]

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Does anyone seriously think he's using the clamps for any reason other than temprrarily clamping the neck to the body before alighning the neck and strings before drilling the holes to screw bolt the neck to the body?

[FretFire]

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Does anyone seriously think he's using the clamps for any reason other than temprrarily clamping the neck to the body before alighning the neck and strings before drilling the holes to screw bolt the neck to the body?

Given the lack of information provided, who knows. The subject just says "clamps for attaching strat neck". He might be gluing the neck into the pocket, and wants clamps to hold it while it dries. I hope not, but that's another possibility.

[ImmortalSix]

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If it's for neck placement, I recommend Bessey clamps, but have done just fine with Irwin Quick Grips. Those Irwin Quick Grips are a thing of beauty.

[post toastie]

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Does anyone seriously think he's using the clamps for any reason other than temprrarily clamping the neck to the body before alighning the neck and strings before drilling the holes to screw bolt the neck to the body?

thank you so much for that. i really appreciate it. yes. that is what i was referring to.