Bolt-ons: tend to have more treble and attack, a tight feel, and lots of 'springiness'. To me, that's what makes a strat sound like a strat more than single coil pickups alone especially in a There's a lot of articulation, but some people think bolt ons can sound kind of thin. This really depends on the guitar, neck wood, etc. Bolt-ons can have excellent upper fret access Take a look at Suhr Modern, for instance , provided the baseplate area of the body isn't an obscenely large block.
Set neck: warmer, more midrange, more 'pissed off' sounding, to my ears. Chunkier sounding and a bit less articulated. Neck through: Sometimes has more sustain than a set neck, usually better upper fret access this depends though, on the design of a set neck vs.
Really present attack, usually pretty articulate, and a lot of focus on individual notes. When I think neck through, I think lead guitar. Downside is I feel a lot of NTs are kind of cold sounding. I don't really know why that is. As far as I know, they're the only company that does. I could be wrong, but I think set-thru is an ESP exclusive. LTD does. I'm sure ESP would do it, but I'm not sure if they have any production guitars that are. The Gus G star model is a set-thru.
I'm partway convinced set through is a gimmick. I can't really see any benefit to basically making a half assed neck through and essentially killing part of the resonating potential of the body by carving out a chunk of it. A long tenon joint with a sanded heel can suffice. I suppose that is essentially true of the shorter set thrus.
There are some that go well past the neck pickup cavity. Like longer than a long tenon joint. I've seen a few really dep ones is all. Makes me wonder how much of an improvement that couldrealistically be. Yeah, ESP has like 4 or 5 variations on bolt-on joints. And that Majesty looks great! Neckthru vs bolt-on: With the neckthru, your neck blank is the length of the instrument.
People often say neckthru sustains better, not the case necessarily. On basses, the difference you can hear is that neckthrus will tend to carry thru the lowest harmonics that are often interrupted by a neck joint. Skip to content. Finished Majesty There are other ways we craft our instruments to take advantage of through-neck or bolt-on strengths, and one is the addition of a tone block.
Photo via Music Share this Post. Related Posts. Previous Post. Messages: 2, Likes Received: I like bolt-ons because I can shim the neck if necessary. I'm a little more wary of lower end neck-thrus admittedly they're not that common so it's not a big deal because there's no salvaging the neck angle if it's wonky.
Miek , Mar 16, Depends on a guitar. Guitars with all access neck joins like Suhr moderns or Ibanez are really good bolt ons, though in my heart I prefer neck thru. It feels better in my hands and gives better access for me. Erazoender , Mar 16, Messages: 6, Likes Received: I like both styles, but neck breaking as a reason to chose bolt-on seems so ridiculous. What in the world are people doing that would cause neck breakage?
I give props to the bolt-on. Most of everything I have is a bolt. I think that sustain difference is negligible. At least to the ear. There are tons a high end bolts as well. But action isn't related to bolt-on vs neck-through Ghost40 , Mar 16, Messages: 7 Likes Received: 0. The best guitars I've heard so far have always been bolt ons. Also, with a neck thru the sound mostly comes from the neck, it vibrates all the way down to the body and even the bridge is mounted on it.
I was never scared of breaking my guitar neck, but still, I always loved bolt ons. There is absolutely no superior system. If you think you hear the differnce between neck thrus and bolt ons and you cannot decide then go for a set neck, its maybe the best of both worlds Joelan , Mar 17, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet.
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