Who here likes bolt ons more than neck thrus and

[aldog1330]

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I prefer neck thru's and set's to bolts, mostly due to the feel, but at the same time I realize I've never played a high end bolt, so that could change my mind. In reality the neck profile is more important to me than how the neck was joined to the body.

[Carbophos]

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Decent guitar always have enough of attack and sustain whatever is the wood, neck joint and bridge type. Of course string-thru neck-thru will have noticeably more sustain than bolt-on with floating trem. But you won't lack it anyway. The same goes for attack as well.

I prefer neckthrus for the access to the upper frets. To me it's more about combination of woods. If you have a maple neckthru, you have a solid chunk of maple in most important (tone-wise) area of your axe. So if you gonna have more effect of body material it's better to go for bolt-on.

[jgcable]

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I prefer standard heel bolt ons.

[Freyr]

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Neckthough man here, but the Ibanez All Access neck joints are really awesome as well.

[Jacksonite]

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I have had all three, but I only own Jacksons now so its down to neckthrough and Bolts... I dont care for Bolt ons as much in general, but my main guitar is a PC1...
I enjoy the feel of a neckthough much better. but there is nothing wrong with a Perfectly built neckthrough like a PC1. I think a bolt on has better harmonics, but I dont care who argues with me the neck through has more natural sustain but hell with all the amps and strings and setups.. who can tell.. only reason we know that it does, is physics...
I love em as long as they say JACKSON on the headstock

[kmanick]

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I like both and have both. My SL2H soloist is my only 24
fretter, my bolt ons are always either jackson, charvel, or GMW and besides the pc-1 all the USA models are 22 frets.
I like to set them up differently as well. IE my bolt ons floyds don't float and aren't recessed, my soloist is.
I think my bolt ons sound brighter and I agree with jacksonite, my pinch harmonics seem to fly off of my bolt ons much easier but that may be a Maple VS ebony fretboard issue.

[Mr. Poon]

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I've got all 3 and have no real preference either way.

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Same here.

[mjtripper]

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To be fair I've never played a really good bolt on but I've always just gravitated towards the neck throughs. Of course most of the time I had to settle for set necks. This is based on playability over tone though.

I have one Kramer bolt on but it has been, shall we say, worked on? I cut out the lower horn and shaped down the heel which made it so I had to cut the bolts shorter also. I routed out under the floyd as well to I could pull up, it's ugly but it works. It's been that way for over ten years now.

[DonP]

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I prefer standard heel bolt ons.

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John,

Why is that? I would think a sculpted heal would be nicer. In fact, the only axe I have with a non-sculpted heal is a project I need to paint. I was going to take a router to it - but now you have me thinking.

It's a maple body (weighs a ton), kahler trem, and dual hums. I was also going to sink the neck pocket so that the fretboard isn't so high off the body, but maybe you have some good reasons why I shouldn't?

[jgcable]

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I prefer standard heel bolt ons.

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John,

Why is that? I would think a sculpted heal would be nicer. In fact, the only axe I have with a non-sculpted heal is a project I need to paint. I was going to take a router to it - but now you have me thinking.

It's a maple body (weighs a ton), kahler trem, and dual hums. I was also going to sink the neck pocket so that the fretboard isn't so high off the body, but maybe you have some good reasons why I shouldn't?

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I like to "feel the heel" when I play. I don't have to look down because most 22 fret necks join at the exact same place with a standard heel. Also, sculpted or contoured heel bodies tend to have the neck sunk into the body more which forces the pickups, bridge and strings to be really close to the body. I like my strings as high off of the body as possible. It increases the acoustic volume. I also don't have to worry about hitting the pickups with my picks. I tend to dig in when I play.
Also... I like the option of being able to change the neck or the angle of it.

[DonP]

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I prefer standard heel bolt ons.

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John,

Why is that? I would think a sculpted heal would be nicer. In fact, the only axe I have with a non-sculpted heal is a project I need to paint. I was going to take a router to it - but now you have me thinking.

It's a maple body (weighs a ton), kahler trem, and dual hums. I was also going to sink the neck pocket so that the fretboard isn't so high off the body, but maybe you have some good reasons why I shouldn't?

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I like to "feel the heel" when I play. I don't have to look down because most 22 fret necks join at the exact same place with a standard heel. Also, sculpted or contoured heel bodies tend to have the neck sunk into the body more which forces the pickups, bridge and strings to be really close to the body. I like my strings as high off of the body as possible. It increases the acoustic volume. I also don't have to worry about hitting the pickups with my picks. I tend to dig in when I play.
Also... I like the option of being able to change the neck or the angle of it.

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Interesting...

I think I won't chop up this body with the router. I'll build it as-is and see how it turns out. At least it will be different and unique compared to my other guitars.

[slayer]

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I have owned bunches of all 3 and can say, I love all 3 of them and it all depends on the woods and quality of the guitar. If I only had 1 choice, I would go with an all mahogany set neck guitar, short scale, 22 frets, non-recessed floating floyd, 1 Hum and only a volume knob. Set necks give you the best of both worlds, nice access, but the body gives more of the tone than the neck. Jack.

[quiksilver]

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I like 'em all, but my favorite is a bolt-on with the AANJ. It seems to offer the best of all worlds to me - well, that or a neck-through Soloist with the deep heel scallop and a stripped neck.

Life is too short to play painted necks. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Bengal65]

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I have all 3. Been playing set neck guitars for 40 years and bolt-on's for 20. Neck-through's for 2 years. I like the neck through's best, but the difference is really slight as I don't play up that high on the neck that much. I like the way a neck-through feels when you pick it up. As Mr. Fender said way back, I designed the "bolt-on" for utilitarian use. "If a guitarist breaks a neck, he can just bolt a new one on" (Paraphrased of course, since I don't have the reference in front of me)I never did break any necks on any of the 3 types, but it's nice to know if I decide to pull a Pete Townsend, I can motion over my guitar tech and have a new neck bolted on! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Sanctuary]

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Have all three. Can't really tell the difference between any of them as there's way too many other factors that influence sound. I prefer neck-throughs simply for the feel and access.