Set Thru VS Set Neck?

[ErikH]

Re: Set Thru VS Set Neck?

I dont have to know one damn fact to look at the thing and know ts BS. like I said before. You can have a million high and mighty so called "legitimate " facts to back up why the thing ought to be a a worthwhile invention, but Its STILL a gimmick. if you don't agree , thats too bad. By the way, what have you got against being high..are you mr . Strait or something?

People like you said the same thing to Leo Fender when he introduced the Strat with the synchronized tremolo. They called it a gimmick.

The Floyd Rose, just a gimmick.

PRS guitars, their 25" scale, just a gimmick.

Am I on the right track?

Go get some experience, some real world experience outside of your home.

Being high rots the brain and makes you spout off BS like you tend to do most of the time around here.

Let's see your "innovations".

 

[IanBallard]

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[ErikH]

Re: Set Thru VS Set Neck?

Wow, so I'm a pig now. Oink oink!


Who made that set-thru guitar, BTW?

 

[IanBallard]

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I've pretty much outgrown the notion of the design, specs, or appearance of a guitar pigeonholing the music that I play on it.

 

[KoreanGuitarMan]

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I dont have to know one damn fact to look at the thing and know ts BS. like I said before. You can have a million high and mighty so called "legitimate " facts to back up why the thing ought to be a a worthwhile invention, but Its STILL a gimmick. if you don't agree , thats too bad.

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You are an absurd person. Completely certifiable.

You're saying that facts, as in factual information, as in the basis of an objective view of reality, are high and mighty?

I'm not going to argue about improved tone, like I said before, because that debate is tired. I've never done a head to head comparison between set net and set through, so that would be pointless. Like aleclee said, people are prone to debate with their eyes rather than their ears about these things.

Set through, even if it doesn't improve tone one iota, still affords you a smaller heel. This I know intuitively to be true, and personal experience confirms it: A smaller heel makes it easier to play the upper registers. Oh, but that's a fact, and we don't need no stinkin' facts, do we?

 

[sosomething]

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I HAVE VERY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THIS THING I HAD NOT HEARD OF BEFORE READING THIS THREAD.

you are a quality forum member

 

[robertkoa]

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Why is this being looked at like a marketing scam? It's just another way to attach a neck. Anderson's "A-Wedgie" joint and Parker's "Multiple Finger" joint are both a lot weirder than this. Set thru is basically just a set neck with a really long tenon. Seems like a good idea to me.

The way it USED to be was:

Set Neck - like a Les Paul or Carvin Carved Top- Neck Extends Into body about 4 " to 6" and is Glued In [ Carvin Carved Tops are 5" ]
2] Neck Through Body- Neck goes all the way through Center of Guitar with 2 Side Pieces or " Wings"- Like some old Gibson Firebirds[ not all Models and newer are Set Neck]
Most Original 80s BC Rich
Some Carvin Models like ST 300 SC600
and Some other Carvins
3] Set Through Neck- ORIGINALLY was a unique Construction in which the SET NECK extended into the Body almost to the Bridge instead of 4 " to 6" and was Glued In- SO A VERY LONG SET NECK almost to the Bridge.
A] The ESP Set Thru seems to be a heel less Set Neck a cool idea but a bit different from the Original Idea of Set Through Neck.

Theoretically [ Emphasize Theoretically]the Set Through with extremely long Tenon- was to give extra long sustain and Tonal Benefits because-
Has better or Stronger Body /NeckCoupling than either
shorter Tenon or Neck Through Body.

The idea is you get the best of Both Set Neck and Neck Through because the Neck
goes wayyyy into the Body BUT stops before the Bridge-
So the strings and bridge Terminate in the Body for better Tone Transfer than a Neck Thru or a Shorter Tenon Set Neck.

So Set Thru used to mean an Extra Long Tenon Set Neck almost to Bridge [ was also called Set Through Bridge] but very few Guitars were done this way- No Gibson Fenders Carvin Hamer Ibanez as far as I know used Set Thru or Set Through.

Sounds like a good idea-:but relatively rare.

The ESPs are a Nice Carved Set Neck but the neck probably does NOT extend almost to the Bridge .
BUT - certainly not a Scam as the Terms above especially Set Through are not exact scientific Names.
So a Marketing Term Maybe - not a Scam .

 

[treyhaislip]

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[LLL]

Re: Set Thru VS Set Neck?

Now this is a good topic worthy of more discussion.

 

[80's_Metal]

Re: Set Thru VS Set Neck?

anyone remember this one?