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I'm Afraid of Set Necks
- Thread starter FingerDub
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The bolt on neck was a Leo thing. He was going for the least expensive build cost, sort of like Ford and the Model T.
That’s what makes a precision the working man’s bass (all Fenders really) because of the bolt on necks and convenience. It was a genius move on Leo’s part.
Set necks and neck through’s are more traditional and provide a longer sustain/note decay. You can add that to bolt on’s with string thru bodies or better bridges.
That’s why you have different basses in the toolkit for different jobs.
Set necks and neck through’s are more traditional and provide a longer sustain/note decay. You can add that to bolt on’s with string thru bodies or better bridges.
That’s why you have different basses in the toolkit for different jobs.
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Never has a bass with a set neck, but had a few Gibbo Juniors. Never had a problem with them, but I have with acoustic instruments.,
I did have several problems with neck-through basses, the worst being a Linc Luthier 5 fretless that developed a hump at the dusty end, and rise towards the nut from the G on E. This resulted in choking of notes across the 'board. The only guy who would touch it said the super-massive tailpiece would have to be counter-sink the bridge to get a low-playable string height. I decided against that route, and just went with the 'board plane and moved it on.
I did have several problems with neck-through basses, the worst being a Linc Luthier 5 fretless that developed a hump at the dusty end, and rise towards the nut from the G on E. This resulted in choking of notes across the 'board. The only guy who would touch it said the super-massive tailpiece would have to be counter-sink the bridge to get a low-playable string height. I decided against that route, and just went with the 'board plane and moved it on.
I have owned all 3, my current line up is 3 set one bolt on. Never had neck issues with any of them! I do love the flowing beauty of set & neck through instruments!
Your bolt on bass guitars are made of glued-in pieces of wood both in the body and in the neck.
Why would you trust the glue holding together the pieces of the body, the glue holding together the pieces of the neck neck, but not the glue holding the body and neck together? It is literally the same glue in all cases.
Why would you trust the glue holding together the pieces of the body, the glue holding together the pieces of the neck neck, but not the glue holding the body and neck together? It is literally the same glue in all cases.
