Neck joint with a four-screw plate on a Yamaha Pacifica 112 electric guitarLess-common three-screw assembly with plate, on a Hagström III guitarSlim bolt-on neck join with chamfered heel and countersunk ferrules on a superstrat electric guitar allows for more comfortable access to top fretsStephen's Extended Cutaway (on Washburn N4 electric guitar) is another version of bolt-on neck joint
A Bolt-on neck is a stringed musical instrument neck that attaches to the instrument body with either bolts or screws,
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as opposed to glue and joinery as with set-in neck joints.
^Mottola, R.M. (2020). Mottola's Cyclopedic Dictionary of Lutherie Terms. USA: LiutaioMottola.com. p. 21. ISBN978-1-7341256-0-3.