Advantages of a Neck Thru guitar?

[CharvelRocker]

Well, since you guys have covered it from the "Neck-Thru" perspectice.. what would be an advantage to a Bolt-On if there are any.

Cheaper

More room for mistakes in construction

More adjustments can be made

Easily replaceable/repairable

[skorb]

Other advantages of neck thrus:

- The guitars hold their used value better (with all else being equal) because there is no concern about an aftermarket neck and/or bogus neck plate and S/N, and because they are usually easier to date.

- They are less susceptible to "rising tongue" at the end of the fretboard because the wood is not hacked off there.

- They are less susceptible to neck pocket cracks

- They never have neck pocket gaps or stripped neck screws

- They never have truss rod adjustments at the heel

that was a great post, I learned something there. very good points I never thought about. thanks!

[necrotechno]

I don't know why, but my bolt-neck Telecaster is the acoustically loudest electric that I own. Even louder than the semi-hollows. I've since noticed that all of my bolt-necks tend to be louder than the neck-throughs and set-necks, but that Tele is super loud. It's the weirdest thing.

[GryphonGuitar]

For me my favorite method of construction is what they call set-thru... It's basically a set neck, with a tongue that goes almost all the way down the body of the guitar. The advantage over neck-thru guitars (apparently) is a greater choice of woods for the neck and body, since You don't have to worry about the structural integrity as much... FOr me it just looks like the logical hybrid of all the best parts of both set necks and neck through designs.

[necrotechno]

Other advantages of neck thrus:
- They never have truss rod adjustments at the heel

I don't think that's absolutely true. Especially not in basses.

[Robert Burns]

Just have the best of both worlds... Bolt on tone, with insane upper
fret access! GMW takes care of this like no other!

[Bengal]

They never have truss rod adjustments at the heel

Sorry, this is wrong. Check out my new (old) Yamaha for a neckthrough with the truss rod adjustment at the heel.

[Newc]

Oh God, can we please drop the "better upper fret access" myth?

There's no such animal as a bolt-on heel inhibiting upper fret access.

Go tell Yngwie your upper fret access is limited due to the heel of a Strat. I'd love to hear his response.

Go tell John Sykes that you can't shred on a Les Paul because you have to change your hand position.

[Axewielder]

Sorry, this is wrong. Check out my new (old) Yamaha for a neckthrough with the truss rod adjustment at the heel.

OK fair enough, never seen that before. I guess my point is that truss rod adjustments at the heel which require you to remove the neck to operate are what really blow.

[StukaJU87]

It looks better. End of discussion

+1000

[shredmonster]

Personally I don't like neck thrus. I have had several and several set necks and several bolt ons.

I like the extra wood to grab onto on a bolt on design. I have long fingers. I find with neck thrus my fingers get all tangled together on the higher frets because I can't spread my hand out since there is not enough wood girth.

Guess I am different in this regard. But I much prefer bolt ons. Also I find bolt ons are a bit brighter sounding in general and have more percussive attack.

[Bengal]

OK fair enough, never seen that before. I guess my point is that truss rod adjustments at the heel which require you to remove the neck to operate are what really blow.

That I agree with. I hate heel adjustments on a bolt on.

I guess I really hate heel adjustments on any guitar. Just a pain in the ass.

[thetroy]

Oh God, can we please drop the "better upper fret access" myth?

There's no such animal as a bolt-on heel inhibiting upper fret access.

Go tell Yngwie your upper fret access is limited due to the heel of a Strat. I'd love to hear his response.

Go tell John Sykes that you can't shred on a Les Paul because you have to change your hand position.

We've gone through this before.

Just because it can be done, does not mean that it isn't harder to do.

[Spivonious]

we've gone through this before.

just because it can be done, does not mean that it isn't harder to do.

+1000

[Maximum_Crunch]

I don't mind bolt ons unless they are Ibanez AANJ's. Those get shifty on me. My strat, dinkies and square heel Ibanez are fine though.