25.5 inch 3x3 headstock screw on necks? A reason they are not to be found?

Creed_Clicks

I am not trolling! I do like the look of a 3x3 headstock on a telecaster for example. The examples I have seen have been aluminium necks mainly.
Is there a reason wooden 3x3 headstock screw on necks have never been popular? Tuning and stability issues etc?
Those old mosrite style guitars had them, with non angled headstocks. I think they were all screw on right?
I suppose there is a reason I can't find any when I search online. Crap?
There are some Jacksons with pointy 3x3 style headstocks/screw on necks, but I am talking about the more traditional rectangular look.

WezV

try searching for "snakehead tele neck", they are sometimes available.  alternative look for a paddle headstock and cut your own

the main difference between these and a gibson style 3-a side headstock is the back angle of the headstock. fender style has no back angle, and this can mean you need string trees, which is neater on a 6 a side headstock with straight string pull. 

 Mosrites do get away without any string trees, but they have the headstock a bit deeper than  a fender style neck as you can see by the big volute and deeper headstock scoop they tend to have

Creed_Clicks

@WezV thanks! If that headstock below was a bit less angled, I think it looks pretty cool. Never though about the string trees etc


I would think a Danelectro 59 neck is doing something similar.

WezV

yeah, you can get away without string trees as many do cope without anyway, just like a normal single tree tele really.   Just something to be aware of.   

If it is a problem then a full string guide can be used between nut and tuners


many ways to skin a cat

Creed_Clicks

Paddle neck might work. I wouldn't be doing the headstock shaping, but it wouldn't hopefully work out extremely expensive to get done.

mikem8634

You can get 25.5 scale necks with flying v and danelectro headstocks on ebay. They are usually from Chinese sellers so may be a bit of a gamble. May very well not be the quality you're after. They do come up in UK searches so they may have some stock here, but it could also take a couple of months to arrive from the far east.

I picked up a danelectro one a while back for less than thirty quid. The first one arrived quickly with the truss rod bursting out of the end of the neck and across the headstock. They sent a replacement immediately and it seems very usable. I will get around to fettling the frets and using at some point.

ICBM

Creed_Clicks said:

25.5 inch 3x3 headstock screw on necks? A reason they are not to be found?

Because they are wrong and disturb the natural order of the Universe.

Creed_Clicks

Trying to visualise a Dano neck on a telecaster 

SteveRobinson

I can help you there
https://lacabronectro.wordpress.com/

Jooky is now the custodian of this guitar btw

victorludorum

Get yourself a nice Fender Maverick neck!

ThePrettyDamned

SteveRobinson said:

I can help you there
https://lacabronectro.wordpress.com/

Jooky is now the custodian of this guitar btw

How is jooky these days? Miss him and his wild creations. 

Creed_Clicks

SteveRobinson said:

I can help you there
https://lacabronectro.wordpress.com/

Jooky is now the custodian of this guitar btw

Oh wow, very nice indeed! Something different! Do stock Dano necks fit tele bodies. Going by this blog, possibly not....
Or could just cut to the chase and spare the mods...