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My dad gave me these weird guitars. I love them. Post your guitars. I have a few more, I'll post them up later.
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2. American made. One of the few finer areas of American musical art (not saying other countries did a bad job, but WTF Japan??)
3. Bolt on neck. Yeah, the heal sucks, but there's more sustain and easier to repair if you can handle the heel.
3. In the vast majority of cases, a set neck has substantially more sustain.
2. Huh? Japanese Fenders and Ibanez are great.
3. In the vast majority of cases, a set neck has substantially more sustain.
My guitars aren't weird: PRS Custom 24 Ten Top and 1962 Fender Jaguar Reissue from the late '90s.
^Maestro over here, shouldn't expect any less...
Does it really matter, though? I see this said all the time, but your picks and amp are doing the heavy-lifting anyway.
I'd say so. If I leave the settings on my amp the same and swap between the PRS and the Jag, the difference in sustain is very noticeable. To be fair, I'm comparing low-output single coils to high output humbuckers. The real test would be comparing a Custom 24 (glued) to a CE 24 (bolt-on) with the same pickups, wood, hardware, etc.
I read a lot about the sustain issue, and the scientific data I recall was in favor of the bolt-ons.
Why would you use the same settings for different guitars anyway, though? Anytime I switch guitars, it's because I'm going for a different sound, so I'm switching settings regardless.
I don't - I've just tested the difference in sustain, volume, and inherent tone between the two guitars. When you're A/B testing, you've got to keep as much stuff as possible at the same settings / configuration. When I'm playing, the settings are very different. The Jag can get pretty shrill so I compensate for that, plus it needs way more gain for a distorted tone.
I don't - I've just tested the difference in sustain, volume, and inherent tone between the two guitars. When you're A/B testing, you've got to keep as much stuff as possible at the same settings / configuration. When I'm playing, the settings are very different. The Jag can get pretty shrill so I compensate for that, plus it needs way more gain for a distorted tone.
Flip on that bass cut and only use the bridge! XD
Seriously though, gotta' love the rhythm circuit on the Jags. Beautiful guitars. I've owned 2 of them, a 1964 Pre-CBS with clay dot inlays in lake placid blue and USA thinskin in shell pink with matching headstock. Fun toys.