Set-in neck is a method of guitar (or similar stringed instrument) construction that involves joining guitar neck and body, pressing it tightly together using some sort of adhesive. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Glue or adhesive is a compound that adheres or bonds two items together It is a common belief that this yields a stronger body to neck connection than a bolt-on neck, although most luthiers agree that a well-executed bolt-on neck joint is equally as strong, and will have similar levels of sustain and neck to body contact. Bolt-on neck is a method of Guitar (or similar stringed instrument construction that involves joining a guitar neck and body using Screws as opposed to glue as However, neither of these joints are as strong as a neck-thru body joint, which is a labor and material intensive undertaking and is usually only seen on high end offerings. Neck-through or neck-thru (or in full form neck through body) is a method of Electric guitar or Bass guitar construction that involves extending
This method is most popular on acoustic guitars. A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound Almost all major acoustic guitar manufacturers use set-in necks, with only notable exception being Taylor Guitars. Taylor Guitars is an El Cajon California ‐based Luthier, widely known for their quality Acoustic guitars. In the electric guitar market, Gibson traditionally produces almost all of its electric offerings as set-in neck models, as opposed to rival Fender, which traditionally builds it's electric instruments (most notably, the Stratocaster, Telecaster and various Electric Basses) with bolt-on necks. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares The Fender Telecaster, also known as the Tele (pronounced Telly is typically a dual-pickup solid-body Electric guitar made by Fender.
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Glues used
Wooden musical instrument construction relies on four widely used types of glues:
- Hide glue
- PVA (both "white glue" and "yellow glue")
- Epoxy and Cyanoacrylate are sometimes also used for neck joints, but generally such use is rare. An animal glue is an Adhesive that is created by prolonged boiling of Animal Connective tissue. Polyvinyl acetate ( PVA or PVAc) is a Rubbery Synthetic polymer. In Chemistry, epoxy or polyepoxide is a Thermosetting Epoxide Polymer that cures (polymerizes and crosslinks when mixed with a Cyanoacrylate is the generic name for cyanoacrylate based fast-acting Glues such as ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate (commonly sold under trade names like Superglue and Krazy Structure of these glues makes it difficult to disassemble joint later if repair or servicing is required.
Advantages
Typically cited advantages of set-in neck include:
- Warmer tone
- More sustain, although this is not supported by formal research[1]
- Usually better access to top frets in comparsion to bolt-on necks utilizing a metal plate (as seen on Fender guitars)
Disadvantages
- Slightly harder to mass manufacture than bolt-on necks, much harder to repair / service than a bolt-on neck
- The player has no control over the neck-to-body angle; changing it requires disassembling the instrument and re-glueing the neck by an experienced luthier
References
- ^ Mottola, R. M. (Fall 2007). "Sustain and Electric Guitar Neck Joint Type". American Lutherie (91): 52.
- Glue comparison chart on frets. com
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