Acoustic guitars with bolt-on necks

[Tony Done]

I'm trying to make a comprehensive list of guitars with bolt-on necks. This could mean a bolted joint, but possibly a glued fretboard extension. This is what I have so far:

Taylor, NT, pre-NT*
Bourgeois
Collings, Waterloo*
Smallman
Some Ovation*
Some LaSiDo* - pre-2006?
Goodall?
Huss and Dalton
Breedlove, US only
Froggy Bottom
Adam Buchwald
Herb Taylor
German Guitars.
McPherson
Lag – bolt plus epoxy?
Olsen?
Furch/Stonebridge
Yamamoto
Franklin
Tinker
Klein
Some Wingert
Proulx
Faith
Smoothstone
Slobod
Walden – bolt + glue?
Charles Fox

I would be grateful for any comments on, or additions to, this list.

Thanks.

[Realbluesman]

Looks like you are Done...

[merlin666]

I think that Sawchyn Guitars in Canada also prefers bolt on.

Also probably most Ovation who probably was the first to do this in mass production starting some 40 years ago.

[Dru Edwards]

Garrison Guitars. They were made in Newfoundland, Canada, before Gibson acquired them 2007, made some Gibson acoustics there and then shut down the operation.

[keith.rogers]

Some Martin guitars

[Tony Done]

Thanks guys, I'll add them to my list.

FWIW, I have something of an obsession with variable neck angles, and their reset consequences, in new and not-very-old guitars.

[Tony Done]

Originally Posted by keith.rogers

Some Martin guitars

I think those are "belt and braces", that is, glue and bolts in the joint. I'm very much trying to avoid those, and wonder whether some of those on my list are the same.

[Mbroady]

Furch has bolt on technology for their guitars

https://www.guitarinteractivemagazin...y-neck-design/

[Wade Hampton]

Originally Posted by Mbroady

Furch had bolt on technology for their guitars

https://www.guitarinteractivemagazin...y-neck-design/

You’ve used the past tense. Has the company that manufactures Furch guitars gone out of business?


whm

[Mbroady]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

You’ve used the past tense. Has the company that manufactures Furch guitars gone out of business?


whm

Nope, just a typo. It is corrected now. Thanks, Wade

Also the article I posted does not mention the bolt on part of their design but I thought it would be an interesting read for some.

[Wade Hampton]

Thanks for the correction. While I’ve yet to play one I’ve definitely heard good things about Furch guitars, so I’m glad to hear that they’re still in production!


whm

[1neeto]

Had a Tacoma with bolt on neck.

[RILEY31]

My Goya and Levine guitars made is Sweden in the mid 60's all have bolt on necks. Before Martin bought them out.

[AZLiberty]

My Tacoma Roadking has a bolt on neck. Like an electric.

Ok, maybe that's "Screw On Neck"

[keith.rogers]

Originally Posted by Tony Done

I think those are "belt and braces", that is, glue and bolts in the joint. I'm very much trying to avoid those, and wonder whether some of those on my list are the same.

I have no idea what you mean by that. They are a MT joint held together with screws, very similar to (edit: after doing some research - the early version of) Taylor, since they were used on guitars targeted fairly transparently at those successful designs. My GPCPA3 (and all the PA models of the initial generation) used that.

My particular guitar has been fine - as good as any Taylor with the same neck joint I suspect .

They've been switched to the simple dovetail on at least the more expensive models because it seems Martin got a lot of pushback. (My speculation - no inside info.) I think there are still some models (not made in the PA factory) that use that, but I don't spend any time collecting guitar specs.