I'd rather see the volute than the crack between the nut screws :wink:

 

Actually I have no problem with it whatsoever. The only guitar i have without the scarf joint is my RGT, and i find it relieves the smoothness of the back of the guitar nicely. And it feels strangely good. Um.

Anyway, I tend to spend more time playing the guitar than looking at the back of it so the aesthetics are not much of an isue for me.

 

I'd rather see the volute than the crack between the nut screws :wink:

What he said

 

I actually like the Volute a lot better than the scarf joint. I've gotten used to them and don't want to go back.

 

I actually like the Volute a lot better than the scarf joint. I've gotten used to them and don't want to go back.

+1 to that. I hate scarf joints and rear-mount nuts now.

IMO it looks better as well

 

Only axe with a volute i had was a 3120, and man i loved that neck to bits

 

Couldn't give a monkey's either way to be honest. Got both, doesn't seem to make any difference

 

Same here, I could care less. It doesn't affect my playing at all, and don't notice it's there. I have 3 gtrs this way.

Besides it looks and seems stronger that way !

 

my favourite appearance-wise is my rgt42fmdr. it has the volute and a rear mounted nut. i just like the way the holes for the nut are so damn deep. kinda silly.

in terms of feel, i love the mini-volute on my 2002 rg1620x.

 

Aesthetically I don't like it, and I bump into it once in a while. But it serves its purpose well. It's a bona fide improvement in my book.

 

The 3120s have had the volute for years, along with the older Prestiges and J-Customs, so it's not a new thing. I think the Jems and some of the RGs still have the scarf joint (could be wrong, haven't play the new 25**s)

 

I don't like the looks, but for anyone with stress cracks it does indeed serve a purpose (my guitars haven't suffered from those)

As for playability, I know the difference is marginal but still, it was one of my reasons to choose a Jem90HAM over several J-customs that I tried at the time.

So I do miss it, but the five-piece necks make up for it.

 

The new neck construction doesn't bother me at all. What I DO miss is the Original Wizard neck profile. --Jason

 

il second the missing of the original wizard. the volute used to bother me, but it doesnt even phase me anymore

 

I prefer the volute to the scarf joint because:

1. It looks better, Especially on 3 and 5 piece necks
2. It's stronger
3. I don't notice it and i have scarf joint and volute guitars. I just prefer the volute

 

The 3120s have had the volute for years, along with the older Prestiges and J-Customs, so it's not a new thing. I think the Jems and some of the RGs still have the scarf joint (could be wrong, haven't play the new 25**s)

Absolutly NO Jems, Prestige RGs and Universes from 2005 and onwards have the scarf joint.

 

The 3120s have had the volute for years, along with the older Prestiges and J-Customs, so it's not a new thing. I think the Jems and some of the RGs still have the scarf joint (could be wrong, haven't play the new 25**s)

YES you are wrong. Jems and RGs no longer have the scarf joint.

 

I don't mind the crack, but I do mind the missing allen screw that fell out the back of the neck on half of the used 560's and 570's I see

 

Sorry to drag up an old thread............but.

I actually played a prestige neck with the volute on Saturday, and I did not like it at all. It is definately thicker than on my Fender acoustic. This may be because it is a thinner neck, but I didn't like fretting open e or a chords. When you also have a chunky locking nut in the same position then that is alot of extra beef up there.

However since I am fixing a neck which has seriously cracked at the locking nut, I can see the point I suppose.

 

I have an RG20051, it's got the new prestige wizard with the volute and I think it's cool, but I can't figure out why they have a volute on the Jem's if they are still mounting the nut from the rear? Isn't the point of a volute to mount the nut from the top?
-Chris

 

I have an RG20051, it's got the new prestige wizard with the volute and I think it's cool, but I can't figure out why they have a volute on the Jem's if they are still mounting the nut from the rear? Isn't the point of a volute to mount the nut from the top?
-Chris

it's also to thicken the neck at the point where it's most prone to breaking.

 

could someone explain what a volute is?

 

^^^

 

a volute is the raised hump on the back of the neck usually found where the neck angles back to the headstock.

 

You don't need a volute to top-mount a Floyd nut. Jacksons are top-mounted with no volute.