Doing Things Wrong

Fasteners

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Went shopping for luthiery supplies yesterday, here is some of the loot. At the marina store, I got 100 Fender pickguard screws, otherwise known as SS #4 1/2" oval head, six cents each. ( 50 cents each at StewMac. Seriously !!! )

Pretty much everybody uses #4 screws for pickguards, except Gibson, they use #3.

M3 Threads

M3 stands for metric 3mm, a standard machine thread that is extremely common on everything but American-made guitars. For example, on an import Fender-style bridge, all of the saddle adjusting screws are M3.

I was strolling through the Luthiery section at Home Depot and noticed that they had a wide assortment of M3 hardware in both bright stainless Philips head and black oxide hex head. A good thing to remember. Too bad they don’t have headless ones, but you can find them online. BoltDepot.com


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Maple is a hard heavy wood that is your best choice for necks and small parts. The best maple is eastern "rock" or "sugar" maple. In much of the country, this is what is stocked at your local home center, just go there and pick out a nice straight piece. I the west, you will instead find locally grown maple, which is not as good, but probably good enough.

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