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Old 09-30-2018, 04:08 AM
cuthbert cuthbert is offline
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Originally Posted by Jaden View Post
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.
This is my Yamaha SG2000, a guitar designed for Santana with the goal of increasing the sustain...it's a neck through and has a brass plate under the bridge.

And yes you will hear the difference with the drummer on.
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