is this a fatal injury or is it just cosmetic (opinions)

[wrldeatr7]

Right, I was including that 3rd piece as "part of the neck". 2 wings plus 2 neck pieces, but not a one-piece body like a bolt on or set-neck. I'm less inclined to call it "set" anything anymore because at least so far I've seen nothing that would show that they first build a body with 2 wings and a long neck pocket and then on top they set the actual neck in. Rather they are gluing 4 pieces together, the method of construction is like a neck-through.

[pianoguyy]

As someone said above, with the neck being only half the thickness of the body, it is not a "true thru" once they route it. Once they make that cut, the 'thru' part has been cut off and is really just a waste. But if the neck was the entire thickness, it would still go from end to end --- unless you get a floyd rose tremolo.

If you have a neck pickup, the neck-thru portion is 0.5" longer then a Gibson set neck. If you have only a bridge pickup 4". Or, a Floyd route at 7".
>>all measurements are approximate.

[xenophobe]

As someone said above, with the neck being only half the thickness of the body, it is not a "true thru" once they route it.

Unless you order a CS guitar and spec it with a laminate neck, then it will truly be neck thru. Like my strathead.

[wrldeatr7]

But that's the thing, there's not routing, no cutting of a groove for the neck, but three distinct pieces + the neck glued together. And the neck goes thru the length of the body. I imagine by neck-thru it was always meant going through the length of the body, regardless whether it goes through the thickness or not. Well, at least some imports appear to be neck through and through.

What's a laminate neck?

[Catharpin]

Unless you order a CS guitar and spec it with a laminate neck, then it will truly be neck thru. Like my strathead.

So this isn't a true neck thru? Is that because of the scarf joint? The center is one piece of mahogany all the way to the strap button. The pickup routes do not bisect the single piece of mahogany that continues to the top of the neck.
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[Aso]

Unless you order a CS guitar and spec it with a laminate neck, then it will truly be neck thru. Like my strathead.

Would this include the Custom Selects?
Wish they would call this construction something different than neck-thru.

[wrldeatr7]

So this isn't a true neck thru? Is that because of the scarf joint? The center is one piece of mahogany all the way to the strap button. The pickup routes do not bisect the single piece of mahogany that continues to the top of the neck.
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Why wouldn't it be a neck through? The scarf joint is on the other end of the neck, there should be an angled separation between the neck proper and the headstock plus a some inches of neck.

[pianoguyy]

there's not routing, no cutting of a groove for the neck

When I say that the neck-thru ends at the first route, I am not taking about about a neck groove. I am talking about routing out for a pickup. A pickup route is wider than a neck and goes into the side pieces, and it will go deeper than the top piece of wood and into the bottom piece, therefore any "thru" benefit has ended.

[wrldeatr7]

I guess that would be the case if gluing the second piece had no benefit, not that we can determine benefits when it comes to woods and guitars. I wonder though what wood they use for that second piece, the neck wood, the body wood, something else...

[LaoWai]

When I say that the neck-thru ends at the first route, I am not taking about about a neck groove. I am talking about routing out for a pickup. A pickup route is wider than a neck and goes into the side pieces, and it will go deeper than the top piece of wood and into the bottom piece, therefore any "thru" benefit has ended.

if you google up a pic of an SLX in o'natural, the width of the pup is less than that of the neck board...

[pianoguyy]

The wide natural ones would look better with without the black trem cavity, and maybe some ringless pickups.
But the thinner natural ones are fine as is.