| Author | Message | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4804 Registered: 6-2002 |
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 |
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 |
So . . . . it's a bolt-on neck-thru ! Joey | ||
| gtrguy
Senior Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 967 Registered: 9-2004 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
