Tele neck on a Strat; history of

I think I've just found 1965: "Beach Ball" was on TCM the other night. Quite a cast, actually. The Supremes stuff looked sung to backing tracks with a movie band miming, but the Walker Brothers' "Jerk" looked live.

But I digress. In the shot, John Walker was playing a Strat with a blonde Tele neck, and there was just one tiny shot where you could see the curved empty space in the pocket.

There's other examples, perhaps people could chime in.

http://www.thevideobeat.com/monster-teenage-movies/beach-ball-1965.html

Joe Perry played a Stratorat in the late 70s that was a lefty Strat body flipped with a tele neck on it.

Not a Strat, but a Tele with a JM neck:
http://www.bassharp.com/MESSINA3.JPG

The original guitarist with Steppenwolf played a Strat with Tele neck when I
saw them live in '68.

http://www.electric-guitars-rock.com/images/jimistrattele.jpg

http://images.wikia.com/miamivice/images/8/85/Russballard.jpg

This is my #1 player.
"85 MIJ body with a "67 Tele neck.

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One of my favorite local players here, and a dear friend, has a '62 Strat with a '68 Tele neck. It's been that way since '68.

I used to play WAY back in the day with a guy who had a Tele, with a Coronado neck on it. THAT was weird, but felt and sounded great.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUbjyM_iV5A/SrisgRpsY-I/AAAAAAAACqI/7qhcOqJjzXc/s400/DONNIE+IRIS+Back+On+The+Streets+PORTADA.jpg

Ian Moore's beat up black Strat has a Tele neck.
Don't know the particulars, but it's sounds and plays great.

I vaguely remember seeing a photo of Tommy Bolin with a sunburst Strat which had a Tele (or maybe Broadcaster) neck.

I found this but it isn't the sunburst I remember. But then again it was in Kerrang! 30 years ago...

http://991.com/newGallery/Tommy-Bolin-The-Ultimate-Redu-425536.jpg

... And I've just remembered the Cheapocaster project I started months ago which has a Squier Tele neck and the cheapest decent Strat body I could find. Must get that finished!

Are any modifications to the neck or pocket required to mate a Tele neck to a Strat body?

It'll bolt right up. There will be a gap at the butt end, but the mounting holes will match up fine.

Thanks, sounds like a project a-brewin' !

just looks wrong...

...i dont know...i think the tele neck on strat...looks more correct....than the strat neck on a tele...

Are any modifications to the neck or pocket required to mate a Tele neck to a Strat body?

I say you gotta round the butt of the Tele neck to get a nice fit.

Otherwise you get a Butcherbird kinda look I don't like.