Ten32 Guitars
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PS412
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PS412
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That's what I was kind of thinking. If they are sturdy and can handle multiple tear downs, I think this could be handy for some guitarists.
beaubrummels
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Pretty amazing kit
eclecticsynergy
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I respect an innovative idea. And they look cool.
A guitar where you have to take the strings off to put it in its case is a no-go for me.
Nothing says one couldn't leave it assembled and use a standard case though, taking it apart only for travel.
A guitar where you have to take the strings off to put it in its case is a no-go for me.
Nothing says one couldn't leave it assembled and use a standard case though, taking it apart only for travel.
Chris Pile
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Those are going to be hella expensive. But I hope one crosses my bench!
PS412
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I like new ideas too, but I get the string deal for sure. On his sight it says he'll make a normal neck/guitar as well.
PS412
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It looks like three different start prices depending on the amount of body shaping, level 1 starts at $2000, level 2 starts at $2375 and level 3 at $2750.
eclecticsynergy
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Not prohibitive, but I'm wondering whether bolt-on headstocks would affect sustain & liveliness the same way as bolt-on vs set neck.
There's a slightly more lively feel to my set-neck Fenders than the regular bolt-ons, even given the stiff nature of maple Fender necks.
There's a slightly more lively feel to my set-neck Fenders than the regular bolt-ons, even given the stiff nature of maple Fender necks.
Considering that the speaking length of the string doesn't cross that joint, maybe it doesn't matter?
I don't know why they designed it with a headstock in the first place.
GuitarStv
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Weird. The most lively guitars I've played have all been bolt on.
When you're talking about sustain, how long are you holding notes and chords for? Every guitar I've ever played that was properly setup has been able to sustain single notes for more than 8 seconds . . . and I don't think I've ever had to hold a note for that long while playing a gig.
eclecticsynergy
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I'm really talking more about the way you feel a guitar come alive in your hands when you play it.
And the way its character changes at volume.
I see two rather different elements when evaluating sustain. There's the guitar's inherent natural sustain, when playing quietly or unamplified.
Then there's the aspect where a guitar - especially its neck - resonates with the strings and with the ambient sound energy in a room.
I think of this as its live sustain, since it's tied to liveliness of feel. For me that's a very important quality in a guitar.
IME mahogany necks generally have tended to come alive more easily than the more rigid maple or extra-stiff multi-piece laminated ones.
(That doesn't mean stiff guitars won't sustain, of course, just that they normally require higher volume before you can feel them really wake up.)
But even in hard maple, my set-neck Fenders feel more lively - and may have slightly better inherent sustain - than most of my other Fenders,
IMO though, the particular pieces of wood often can make more difference to the feel than species or construction details.
