Ok someone tell me this... what diff does it make if the guitar body is 2 piece or 3 poeice or 1 piece......
I think it applies to acoustic guitars. One piece is supposed to be better than two piece in tonal quality. Also I think the grains on the body affect the tone, and if its a two piece, then the grains on both pieces must be aligned to get good tone. (this is usually the case in popular guitars)
it matters to the tone of guitars as well - u msutve heard of neck through body - they have better tone than bolt on necks
Neck throughs have higher sustain and smoothness of tone. But if the neck snaps the guitar is scrap(unless u take it to a luthier)
Ok..heres a short explanation on various neck joints.... 1) Bolt-on : used in Strat, the back of the neck heel is bolted onto the body using a metal plate.How can it suck at maintaining tuning???Tuning will depend on ur tuners and bridge.Part of the Fender tone comes from this,it wud sound different with a different kind of neck joint. 2)Set neck : Used in LP, the neck is glued into the neck pocket in the body.Actually glue doesnt tranfer sound well but this being the cheapest option is used often. 3)Neck through : The neck extends right through the body, actually the body is made by attaching 2 wings on either side of the neck piece....the pickups and bridge are directly mounted onto the neck..giving tremendous sustain and neck stability. 4) Bolt-in : Very rare, used in earlier PRS models.....similar to bolt on except that the neck has a little bit of wood extending after the frets end, and the neck pickup is in direct contact to it....if u see a PRS ull see wat im talking abt..the double cutaway is so different than a strat's.... Strings thru body is a different thing ..it means that the string ends are directly inserted into the body,instead of a stopbar tailpiece...see the picture attached...
bolt-on neck guitars have more twangy sound glued ones are more mellow and smooth string thru's have better sustain dont mess with bolt-ons .. never take apart the neck and the body unless its a must. dont lean glued on guitars against walls or sofas, the neck warps really quickly. with string thrus forget floyd rose and tremolo units just a few lessons that i learned the hard way
@h4f0n and shahrukh...Thnx..its just a little sumthing i came across in my research on guitar construction..have ordered it on my custom guitar too....i guess its not an 'official' type..only 1 or 2 brands might be offering it..earlier PRS versions had it then they too went for set necks....
do you know about the sort of joints used in accoustics? .. most of them are dove-tail joints ... any others? ... any info is welcome
