Neck joint
The point at which the neck is attached to the body, whether bolted, glued or continuous with it.
The neck joint determines how the instrument can be serviced and how it feels at the upper frets. A bolt-on neck can be removed and shimmed to change neck angle, a glued set neck is generally more rigid and more expensive to reset, and a neck-through construction runs the neck timber right through the body for maximum sustain. In every case the joint must be tight, since any gap absorbs string energy and dulls the sound.
Example: A guitar whose neck can be unbolted from its pocket for adjustment is built with a bolt-on neck joint.
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- PageBolt-on neck
- PageNeck pocket
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