Thru neck design

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Right then. "dude". Sorry to bother you with my idiocy. Explain to me why you can't do "multi-string bends" on a guitar like that?
I used that guitar to play Gary Moore's "Walking By Myself" in a band and it worked just fine. In fact, it was easier than on a Les Paul thanks to the extra frets (try it, see what I mean). Maybe that's not blues enough for you.

I don't get your point.

But then, neither do I give a crap. You have a LTD? So what? Who the hell mentioned a LTD in this thread? Oh sorry, because you have a "similar" guitar to a Jackson variant, you know everything.

Right then! Carry on, Eddie Van Halen!

You guys are missing the point, he says he wants more sustain and everyone starts bahhing like sheep about jackson. I brought up the point that any construction should give you great sustain if the construction is good and that for the original poster, there really is no need to start necessarily looking into a neck thru unless he wants it more for the neck joint purposes and thus no need to start looking at a jackson.
 
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WOW! This thread has surly come off the rails.:rolleyes: ( Remember the original poster inquired about Neck-thru designs having more sustain) Some how that morphed into a 'You can't play Blues/Rock on a soloist thread' And I'm sorry if I implyed that ? So here's the deal... If some generous fellow would like to buy me a Soloist as a early B-day present. I would gladly Rock it at any Blues jam! Or any other genre ya can throw at me. Conversely If I'm primarily a Blues/Rock guy, And I got $2k of my own hard earned scratch to drop on a Guitar? I doubt I'm coming home with a Jackson. No offense to Jackson owners, I've played them, And they are fine instruments. Just not everyone's cup of tea. Furthermore, They are marketed by Jackson as Shred/Metal guitars, Toward the Shred/Metal crowd.:cool2:
 
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With a lot to learn LOL!

+1 for those evil Jackson Blues Guitars LOL!

Isn't Ascension fond of bluesing up with a Carvin Star shaped, neon pink gat?

Well whatever he can play like a moddarrrfarker.
 
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You guys are missing the point, he says he wants more sustain and everyone starts bahhing like sheep about jackson. I brought up the point that any construction should give you great sustain if the construction is good and that for the original poster, there really is no need to start necessarily looking into a neck thru unless he wants it more for the neck joint purposes and thus no need to start looking at a jackson.

Aye, you backtrack now everyone disagreed with you, we all know what you were saying. :lol:
 
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WOW! This thread has surly come off the rails.:rolleyes:

Well, the guy that started it seems happy with it. I don't understand how you feel this thread is in any way about you - did you even post in it? RobbyK started the thread, the replies were for him I thought. I don't get why you feel any of this was aimed at you?

EDIT- ah you did post in it. Everyone ignored you. I see why you're pissed off.
 
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I am going to go through a month or so of playing everything mentioned here, But I also will be tring out some Gretchs and Epi semis. So ease up on each other, it was great advice from every one. It helped me get some ideas.:approve:
 
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I'm not saying you should buy or not buy a Jackson, but if the regular Soloist is too pointy, there's always the SLS. A bit more conservative, specially the Pro Series 3 model which has the block inlays. Killer thin body, awesome Jackson neck joint, T.O.M. bridge, and Duncans from the box. Really one of those "I don't mod out of necessity but rather out of taste" kind of guitars.

I dunno about sustain though, one of the sustainiest guitars I ever had the luck of playing for a very short time was a CS Historic Les Paul with a long tenon. It felt like the thing vibrated so much it was going to disarm itself any moment.
 
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I believe Carvin has a few neck thru guitars.

Yes, the Carvin DC-127. This one shown I bought 2nd hand and the guy put EMG's on it. I suggest staying with the Carvin pups, as you get coil splitting options. Try to get a nice used one. They are like having a Les Paul and a Stratocaster all in one. Carvin pickups are bright sounding so you have the option to roll back the tone control. I like Carvin pups. Vintage sounding and very nice when you bend notes, as there is no drop off with the extra poles on the pickups.

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http://www.carvinguitars.com/catalog/guitars/index.php?model=tl60
construction neck through body
scale length 25"
body alder
neck maple with inline headstock
fingerboard ebony, 12" radius
inlays standard white dots
neck width 1.69" wide @ nut, 2.22" wide @ 24th fret
hardware chrome
bridge FT6 fixed bridge
tuners Sperzel™ locking tuners
frets 24 medium-jumbo, .103 wide X .048 tall
pickup 2 AP11 single coils
electronics master volume & tone, 3-way pickup selector, series/parallel mini-switch
strings Elixir Nanoweb 1046E
dimensions 39.5" long, 1.68" thick body, 12.5" wide body
weight 7.5 lbs

http://www.carvinguitars.com/catalog/guitars/index.php?model=sc90
construction neck through body
scale length 25"
body alder
neck maple with traditional (3 X 3) headstock
fingerboard ebony, 12" radius
inlays standard white dots
neck width 1.69" wide @ nut, 2.22" wide @ 24th fret
hardware chrome
bridge Tune-O-Matic/Stoptail
tuners Sperzel locking tuners
frets 24 medium-jumbo, .103 wide X .048 tall
pickups C22J & C22B classic humbuckers
electronics 2 volume controls, 2 tone controls, 3-way pickup selector
strings Elixir Nanoweb 1046E
dimensions 38".25" long, 1.65" thick body, 12.5" wide body
weight 7.5 lbs


Get the "California Carved" headstock, RSGuitarworks pots/caps, SD Tripleshots and SD pups of his choice and he's set.
All the thru-neck goodness he can stand. :)

MM
 
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