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Originally Posted by cuthbert
The bolt on solution was developed by Leo Fender in order to make it easier to replace a bad neck without luthier's intervention, of course the sound is different and it Fenders usually have less sustain than Gibsons.
The ideal solution is of course neck through, a kind of construction common in high end instruments.
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Nice looking guitar; the bound headstock with torch insignia is great. I know over at the Les Paul forums there is also discussion of short vs long neck tenon; in one discussion someone quipped ‘yeah it’s interesting, but once the drummer shows up in the recording studio it doesn’t matter worth a hoot.’ Maybe the centre block construction of the Gibson es-335 and cousins offers some of the acoustic properties of the neck through. For certain, set neck guitars are much more delicate than bolt on.