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jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4804
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post

http://www.get-a-backbone.com/default_v3.aspx

Great bit of kit or snake oil?
edwin
Senior Member
Username: edwin

Post Number: 2150
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 11:50 pm:   Edit Post

Looks like a cool thing to me. I suspect there's something worth exploring there.
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2511
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 9:22 am:   Edit Post

So . . . . it's a bolt-on neck-thru !

Joey
gtrguy
Senior Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 967
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 11:44 am:   Edit Post

Odd, my understanding is that when an object resonates at the same frequency as a vibrating string, that it will absorb the strings energy and kill the sustain.
peoplechipper
Senior Member
Username: peoplechipper

Post Number: 645
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 12:35 am:   Edit Post

Basically what they're doing is a way to increase the neck/body contact area; especially with the strat model it's nowhere near a neck through contact...I remember reading about a guitarist(I wish I could remember who but I think he was a 2nd gen blues guy)who used to take his strat's neck off and put glue in the pocket and bolt it back in; made the thing rock solid and boosted the tone he claimed...I suspect that the glue thing will work as well or better than the Backbone; funny, I had forgotten all about that 'till now; maybe I should try that on my Tele...Tony.
cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1986
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 11:51 am:   Edit Post

Dear Guitarists;
Give us money for the new great thing that will fix all your problems.
Rinse & repeat.....

Tony: Albert Collins. I once stood 3 feet from him while he played; don't know if it was the glue or not, but day-um it sure sounded good!!!

Peter
gtrguy
Senior Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 972
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 11:57 am:   Edit Post

I have an 86 Squire Strat (MIJ) and it is a hard tail with the strings through the body like a Tele. It does seem to sustain more than the normal whammy bar.
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 2455
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 12:03 pm:   Edit Post

Use a sustain pedal, I doubt any vintage owners would put one on their guitars.
5a_quilt_top
Junior
Username: 5a_quilt_top

Post Number: 36
Registered: 6-2012
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2015 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post

I take the neck off of all my bolt-on instruments and inspect the neck pocket.

If there is any stray glue, rubbing compound, paint or any other foreign material in there (or on the neck), I sand it off to ensure a solid wood-to-wood contact point. Then I put the neck back on, tightening the mounting screws as tight as possible without stripping the threads.

IMO, solid wood-to-wood contact is critical for improved tone and sustain for instruments with bolt-on necks and this is an easy way to accomplish that.

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