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Old 06-28-2007, 08:52 AM
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Bolt On vs Neck-Thru


What do you opt for and why?
Pros/ Cons?
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Old 06-28-2007, 09:48 AM
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Re: Bolt On vs Neck-Thru


Neck thru, easyer acces to upper frets and good vibrations transmission to the body!
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Old 06-28-2007, 01:55 PM
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Re: Bolt On vs Neck-Thru


Bolt on for me.

A good bolt on will sustain just fine, and if the neck is damaged, the whole guitar isn't ruined. It's also much less expensive.
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Old 06-28-2007, 02:28 PM
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Re: Bolt On vs Neck-Thru


I wouldn't mind owning a neck-through. In my mind, I've always thought of neck-throughs as very high-end instruments. Although there are pros and cons to owning either type of instrument, a neck-through guitar will give you the kind of sustain that lasts for days.

Jimmy
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Old 06-28-2007, 02:40 PM
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Re: Bolt On vs Neck-Thru


I've never really understood the tonal pros a bolt-on might have over a neckthrough. Anyone up to the task of explaining? As far as neckswapping goes, it's such a negligible and chance-oriented part of the argument that it's void...
I prefer neckthroughs because they give better access to higher frets when carved right, and that they seem to have beefier sustain. I haven't heard a night vs day difference in the tone, nor have I played a really enjoyable neckthrough (especially when you're playing painted Schecter NT's vs. Ibanez bolt-ons, the best bolt-ons in the biz), but I'd love to play an Ibanez-made neckthrough! I really thing that'd give all bolt-ons a proper run for their money.
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