Bolt-on or through neck?

Gassage

Which one do you prefer?

Dominic

Scot Grove makes some interesting observations on this in his blogs and you tube channel

.......claims its scientifically proven that sustain is.............

longest in bolt ons

medium in set necks

shortest in thru necks

apparently despite this confronting perceived wisdom there is a lot of supporting science

DiscoStu

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stickyfiddle

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Phil_aka_Pip

Dominic said:

Scot Grove makes some interesting observations on this in his blogs and you tube channel

.......claims its scientifically proven that sustain is.............

longest in bolt ons

medium in set necks

shortest in thru necks

apparently despite this confronting perceived wisdom there is a lot of supporting science

I'm not going to cut the neck off my SG2000 to test this idea

carlos

Dominic said:

Scot Grove makes some interesting observations on this in his blogs and you tube channel

.......claims its scientifically proven that sustain is.............

longest in bolt ons

medium in set necks

shortest in thru necks

apparently despite this confronting perceived wisdom there is a lot of supporting science

I only have 4 guitars (2 bolt, 1 set, 1 thru) and I'd rank their sustain as:

longest in bolt-ons

medium in the through

short in the set neck

I think bridge mass and stability are a bigger factor tbh.

hobbio

I struggle with Scott Grove. I'm sure there's some real knowledge in there somewhere but he's such an arrogant, matter-of-fact prick that I can't bring myself to agree with him.

hobbio

oddball

Dominic said:

Scot Grove makes some interesting observations on this in his blogs and you tube channel

.......claims its scientifically proven that sustain is.............

longest in bolt ons

medium in set necks

shortest in thru necks

apparently despite this confronting perceived wisdom there is a lot of supporting science

Gain and amplified volume might have some influence as well. I always wonder how much bloody sustain you need anyway unless you're planning on a concept album inspired by whale song

SimpleSimon

stickyfiddle said:

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how seductive she is with that spoon.....

crunchman

Going back to the original question, does it really matter.  I don't really care if I like the way it sounds.

Dominic

GOOD POINT ..........how much does sustain matter ?

for the rock players there isn't much that pedals etc can't help with and for the really serious jazzers the flatwounds kill any sustain pretty quick anyway ........

Resonance matters........probably not because of tone although notes dont die away so fast but there is a "feel " issue like the rectifier thing in some amps ..........if you have ever played a really,really resonant guitar it feels alive and buzzing in your hands ( and through your belly once you reach a certain age !)