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Yup! I used to have two replecement necks (Warmoth built) for my American strat. Necks had different profiles and fret wire size. Really cool to swap them around. Also,,,,yea...setups are waaaaaaaay easier with boltn on necks.
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I need to see good scientific proof that there is any difference in tone due to the bolt on neck. I know this argument always comes up but i never noticed any difference at all and I've done bolt on neck conversions to acoustic guitar which if true would impact the tone even more, it doesn't at least in any human way possible.
The difference between a bolt on Fender and a set in Gibson are the pickups As for playability a set neck has a nice feel to it if that is your thing, I dod tend to like that. |
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All things being equal like wood and weight then I suggest there would be negligible to no difference between the different neck joints. (My opinion only of course).
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When I think about the difference in performance between a Les Paul Standard and a Telecaster Deluxe with same pickups it’s hard to say what percentage may be attributable to neck wood, neck join, neck angle, headstock pitch, body wood, bridge assembly, and scale length, but in my estimation neck wood and scale length would rank as the most significant.
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Apparently there was also a special run in the early 1990s described by someone who worked in the white wood section at Gibson in a discussion at TGP years ago.
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The natural sound of an electric guitar depends on the whole, vibrating structure. The neck - a long, thin wand attached to a dense, solid lump of wood - is the most flexible part of the structure and hence has a big impact on many of the vibrational modes within the structure. The headstock mass at the end of the long, thin wand is also important.
I don't believe in magic instruments though. All you really want is a guitar with a smooth frequency/amplitude curve. Sudden dips or peaks mess up the natural, acoustic sound of the instrument - creating wolf tones for example. Any guitar in any price range which can do this is a contender. It's very different to the acoustic world where a highly sophisticated design & construction are all vital to the final sound. The raw signal of an electric guitar is always heavily processed (even the "clean" sounds). The timbre can be nudged in different directions. You're always pretty much stuck with the envelope though (the way the volume of the note rises and falls when a string is plucked) and the neck will also have something to say about that. Neck-through guitars for example often have laminate centre-pieces which make very stiff, solid necks. Stiffer means less energy bleeding out of the string and hence the reputation for good sustain. |
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The weight of the guitar and in particular the neck has an affect I agree. But the bolt on vs set? Nah. I don't buy it and I've built enough to have a good opinion of it. In fact I will even argue that 'tonewood' for an electric guitar is mostly an illusion. Plug that sucker into a Fender Twin and a slew of pedals and that is where your tone comes from.
I know that's a big can of worms but like I said I've built them and repaired them for 25 years now. I'm sticking to my guns Again, weight and density yes but that can come from oak, pine, maple, holly, what ever.... |
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BTW for some reason I cannot see your pics but I know the guitar you are talking about and I have always liked those Yamaha's. |
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I can't speak to the neck joint's impact, but I can hear a difference between scale lengths (strat 25.5 and lp/sg 24.75). The longer the twangier.
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Neck through Yamaha SGs also have maple necks too.
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