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[@GravityFarm]

Love your jigs and fixtures!

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Super interesting!

[@wmsollenberger8706]

All 50s'-70's Gretsch's have the factory neck screw under an ebony plug, it's just the way they made 'em. There were two types; this one is a dovetail neck joint, if the screw went into the side of the neck it was just a channel joint. My first was a '65 Tennessean I bought in 1967 and it had this identical issue.

[@StringTechWorkstations]

Interesting .... thanks for the " heads up" \m/ !

[@DJBuglip]

Man, great work. For being loose, that neck was really on there. I agree, the screw is unnecessary.

[@clegford]

What would a neck repair like this usually run??

[@StringTechWorkstations]

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[@pandorski35000]

can you tell me what model of frets you put on that Gretsch (if you remember, cause i can't find any infos about that from Gretsch itself)

[@StringTechWorkstations]

If I remember correctly they were Jescar .055" x.090".

[@pandorski35000]

thanks a lot man !

[@pandorski35000]

@@StringTechWorkstations btw, 0.90" is the width of the head of the fret and 0.055" is the height of the tang, correct ? i'm no expert

[@StringTechWorkstations]

.055" is the height of the crown. The tang is the portion that goes into the saw kerf; it is .030" ( including the bead ). The tang without the bead is .021".

[@pandorski35000]

@@StringTechWorkstations merci !

[@LCMSM]

Was the screw part of another repair or factory install?

[@StringTechWorkstations]

I have seen these on enough Gretsch guitars over the years ... that I would have to say yes.

[@DJBuglip]

Gretsch went from a screw in the bottom, to a screw in the side, in the late50s/early 60's. Its factory. The plugs in the bottom were usually ebony, I dunno about the ones in the side.

[@jpm52]

Me parece una chapuza lo que hacen los de grestch..guitarras de 3.000 euros o mas q lleven esa union al cuerpo.deberian adoptar el sistema de las guitarras clasicas mucho mas solido

[@StringTechWorkstations]

A lot of the early Gretsch neck joints were kinda crude .... the Korean and Japanese joints were much better.