Have I mentioned that this guitar KICKS ASS?

[Charlz]

THAT IS BEAUTIFULL!!!!!!!!!! Love the neck thru also!!!! I'd stand for you in court on the heresy thing!!!!

[Charlz]

The flames on the headstock are awesome!!! Can't stop staring...

[shreddermon]

Hey Shred, what Dimarzio's do you have in that?

Bridge = Super 3
Neck & Middle = Virtual Vintage 2.2

[Mr Graphic]

KILLER guitar!!! Love the color, and the headstock looks great. Congrats!

[catzodellamarina]

Sharp! I need to get one of those chrome bezels on my 650.

[MBreinin]

How could you leave that one around unplayed? Damn, that would be by far my nicest guitar!!

Mike

[Jack71]

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Every time I pick up my Solar I'm floored by the playability and tone.

[VanOsbourne]

You know, in ancient times heresy was a crime punishable by being stoned. ...Wait. What's that? Oh that kind of "stoned"? Nevermind.

You must have been stoned to have forgotten about that guitar!

[withmyshadow]

does it sound different from maple thru alder?
lots of people say neck thru guitars sound like the neck and the sides don't affect the sound very much. ???

[shreddermon]

Yes, it definitely sounds different. There is a very clear tone difference for the swamp ash, rather than alder. Anyone who tells you the body sides on a NT don't affect tone are full of it.

However, I will admit that - to my ears - the tone difference is slightly less pronounced than with a bolt-on neck. Emphasis on slightly - it's not a big difference. And, if you think about the two different construction methods, that makes sense. The body wood of a bolt-on will be a somewhat larger % of the guitar's overall mass, than the side wings will be for a NT.