Strange strat neck, I need info on how to mount it.

I'm slowly building a solid body electric guitar with a body blank and solid maple fender neck I got as a gift from a friend that moved far away to texas and didn't want to lug extra stuff with him. The serial number is S 982264 made in USA, it has stamped on the but end the following: "1511", "J. FLORES"(note the last letter is basically gone except the lower curve of the letter, and the "L" could be an "E"), and in a circle it reads "FRR 20". My guess is that it was made in the early 80's.

Okay, now my problem is that it has a strange screw hole pattern and I don't know which holes to use. there are two in the usual place where the skunk stripe ends (represented by a !) but the lower ones are closer together inside a recessed u shaped pocket with a larger 1/4 inch hole 'tween them.
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Please if any one knows any info about why my neck is like this, help me.
Nathanael J....

Hi,

Could you post a picture?

Surf all the Fender related web sites you can find, but I'd start with Fender.com and maybe Mr Gearhead. Maybe you can post the question to their support addresses.

Good Luck!!

Here is a picture
If it's cheaper I'll build a electric acoustic resonator guitar with one neck pick up (not cone pick up for now), and was wondering what pickup you would people recommend, How about a Kinman?

Hmm that didn't work so, here is my Xanga blog site that I managed to post it on.

http://www.xanga.com/Jonnda

Fender has no useful information for me posted on their web page, because they want to keep people from stuffing their eMail boxes. So they have a FAQ, with no other option for those with a question that gets rarely asked. That is, other then to call their customer service department and deal with a computer operator... Not my cup of tea.

What do people think of me going Resolectric with this project?
Resolectric convertion site
Two piece swamp ash or one? How thin should the back be routed?

Thats a 3-screw neck. The serial number indicates it to be an american neck from 1979... The larger hole is for the neck tilt adjustment system. You can drill the other four holes where they need to be... but the value of the neck would go down considerably... if you haven't drilled the holes on your body i would suggest going with the 3-screw configuration and buying a 3-screw fender neckplate... do some research on the 3-screw necks and look around and see what options you have.

thank you for that bit of advice, I have done some research since I first posted and I've found that there was more to it then just the three bolts, I'm missing the internal hard ware. there was supposed to be a metal disk where that channel with the three holes is. the two smaller holes attached this disk are on either side of the large hole which, on the metal disk, was threaded.

I've a few options:

Machine new hardware and go three bolt as it was stock

keep the top two far apart holes by making a new bolt plate, and drilling two more holes where the other two need to be in the corners.

Or just drill four new holes and plugging ones when need be.

You should be able to purchase the system through Fender... its called a Micro-Tilt system... that would be easier than making your own... check out ebay I'm sure they're on there somewhere.