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This is exatly same question what i meant asking.uh oh, check out 7:58
surely that's not a shim on the neck tenon to make it fit better????
They were not trying to eliminate sustain. The pickup and soundboard vibration they were trying to eliminate caused unwanted feedback.Good video, one thing that jumped out at me is when they were talking about the early design of the electric guitar and how the goal was to eliminate sustain or vibrations. Sounded like the reason for a solid body was to deaden vibrations not enhance them. We always talk about sustain here and how more is better so that part jumped out at me. I guess what we're talking about here is the right amount and right kind of sustain. Very interesting. Another thing I came away with was with the exception of the Gibson logo, volume and tone knobs, and may be the strap pins, everything can effect the sound and playability of each guitar. I guess this is why there are tone monsters and tone turds in every brand and model.
So what you're saying is that the actual body of the guitar has very little to do with how much sustain a guitar has?They were not trying to eliminate sustain. The pickup and soundboard vibration they were trying to eliminate caused unwanted feedback.
Sustain is part of the neck to body design, which is desirable
as long as it is a wood shim it's fine, the glue will meld them perfectly
They were not trying to eliminate sustain. The pickup and soundboard vibration they were trying to eliminate caused unwanted feedback.
Sustain is part of the neck to body design, which is desirable.
I have played around with neck shims on my tele and it did not make one slightest bit of tonal difference or sustain to my ears. With a set neck style gibson I think it would make even less difference.
Sure it is not good enough for such an expensive guitar but I don't think it would be noticeable tonally.