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Yeah I'm really pleased with it, thanks 
It's the 2017 model and I'll be honest, I got it on looks basically. But it's clearly a Marmite guitar. First time I saw one was a Saxon concert from about 1984 on video played by Graham Oliver, instantly loved the retro style. It has a great woody, mellow sound although the mini humbuckers are surprisingly powerful.
It's my first Gibson electric (I have a songwriter deluxe) and the shorter scale length feels more comfortable in a way, sort of homely somehow and is more conducive to thumb over neck blues stuff compared to the Ibanezs.
The truss rod needs slackening off a touch which is surprising. I lowered the tunamatic a bit as it was way too high on the bass side and this revealed the neck being a bit straight as the strings are choking a bit around the first few frets.
Next up, a 2016 SG standard with the larger pick guard (prefer this and the 2017 goes back to the smaller one).
It's the 2017 model and I'll be honest, I got it on looks basically. But it's clearly a Marmite guitar. First time I saw one was a Saxon concert from about 1984 on video played by Graham Oliver, instantly loved the retro style. It has a great woody, mellow sound although the mini humbuckers are surprisingly powerful.
It's my first Gibson electric (I have a songwriter deluxe) and the shorter scale length feels more comfortable in a way, sort of homely somehow and is more conducive to thumb over neck blues stuff compared to the Ibanezs.
The truss rod needs slackening off a touch which is surprising. I lowered the tunamatic a bit as it was way too high on the bass side and this revealed the neck being a bit straight as the strings are choking a bit around the first few frets.
Next up, a 2016 SG standard with the larger pick guard (prefer this and the 2017 goes back to the smaller one).
Driller said:
Yeah I'm really pleased with it, thanks
It's the 2017 model and I'll be honest, I got it on looks basically. But it's clearly a Marmite guitar. First time I saw one was a Saxon concert from about 1984 on video played by Graham Oliver, instantly loved the retro style. It has a great woody, mellow sound although the mini humbuckers are surprisingly powerful.
It's my first Gibson electric (I have a songwriter deluxe) and the shorter scale length feels more comfortable in a way, sort of homely somehow and is more conducive to thumb over neck blues stuff compared to the Ibanezs.
The truss rod needs slackening off a touch which is surprising. I lowered the tunamatic a bit as it was way too high on the bass side and this revealed the neck being a bit straight as the strings are choking a bit around the first few frets.
Next up, a 2016 SG standard with the larger pick guard (prefer this and the 2017 goes back to the smaller one).
Lovely, I think I need one.It's the 2017 model and I'll be honest, I got it on looks basically. But it's clearly a Marmite guitar. First time I saw one was a Saxon concert from about 1984 on video played by Graham Oliver, instantly loved the retro style. It has a great woody, mellow sound although the mini humbuckers are surprisingly powerful.
It's my first Gibson electric (I have a songwriter deluxe) and the shorter scale length feels more comfortable in a way, sort of homely somehow and is more conducive to thumb over neck blues stuff compared to the Ibanezs.
The truss rod needs slackening off a touch which is surprising. I lowered the tunamatic a bit as it was way too high on the bass side and this revealed the neck being a bit straight as the strings are choking a bit around the first few frets.
Next up, a 2016 SG standard with the larger pick guard (prefer this and the 2017 goes back to the smaller one).
OOf, that's a beaut!
I've recently become fascinated with the craftsmanship of thru necks an I'm trying to make a mental note of which modes have them.
I've been disappointed a couple of times while browsing where the body appears to show the stripes of the composite neck material but it has been just for show as the neck is a totally different materials and simply bolted on. Here is one example I saw recently
I've recently become fascinated with the craftsmanship of thru necks an I'm trying to make a mental note of which modes have them.
I've been disappointed a couple of times while browsing where the body appears to show the stripes of the composite neck material but it has been just for show as the neck is a totally different materials and simply bolted on. Here is one example I saw recently
FreeLitres said:
OOf, that's a beaut!
I've recently become fascinated with the craftsmanship of thru necks an I'm trying to make a mental note of which modes have them.
I've been disappointed a couple of times while browsing where the body appears to show the stripes of the composite neck material but it has been just for show as the neck is a totally different materials and simply bolted on. Here is one example I saw recently
That's just a low-end version of the Westone model which does have neck-thru. It's a great way for the manufacturers to use up smaller bits of wood (body) and then bolt on a bog-standard maple neck.I've recently become fascinated with the craftsmanship of thru necks an I'm trying to make a mental note of which modes have them.
I've been disappointed a couple of times while browsing where the body appears to show the stripes of the composite neck material but it has been just for show as the neck is a totally different materials and simply bolted on. Here is one example I saw recently
For nice smooth blended neck-thru design, I like the old Washburn Falcon - super sculpted and smooth:
The Firebird is nice, but not that any more user-friendly at the neck-body joint; a bit like the Yamaha SG2000 in that respect.
If you want a complete bargain with a through neck, then keep hunting the classifieds! If you can stretch to about £650 Chapman guitars do two, the Ghost Fret, which is an explorer style thing and rather good looking IMO. And the Rob Scallon, which has a passing resemblance to the Westone above.
Funny that you should find a Westone Thunder 1, as Ironically the Thunder 2 and 3 are through neck guitars but really are rare compared to 1. And its always Thunder 1s popping up on ebay and lurking in cash converters, a good honest guitar in its own right but not very exotic.
Funny that you should find a Westone Thunder 1, as Ironically the Thunder 2 and 3 are through neck guitars but really are rare compared to 1. And its always Thunder 1s popping up on ebay and lurking in cash converters, a good honest guitar in its own right but not very exotic.
Escapegoat said:
That's just a low-end version of the Westone model which does have neck-thru. It's a great way for the manufacturers to use up smaller bits of wood (body) and then bolt on a bog-standard maple neck.
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It's unlikely that they will lam up a body like the Westone in order to get rid of scraps. There is a fair amount of manual work over an above making a 2 or 3 piece body. For [
Using offcuts has been a standard approach to economy guitar bodies for years. Westone's maker chose to do it and make it look like the higher-end models. For punters who couldn't afford the thru-necks. For them it's a low-cost approach to achieve two purposes.
Other guitar makers of the same era used similar and grain-matched multi-piece guitar bodies in lieu of single pieces (lower end Tokai Love Rocks, etc). Labour cost was also higher, but outweighed the materials cost savings.
Other guitar makers of the same era used similar and grain-matched multi-piece guitar bodies in lieu of single pieces (lower end Tokai Love Rocks, etc). Labour cost was also higher, but outweighed the materials cost savings.
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