Glued in necks vs Bolt ons

[randombaz]

I have a bolt on neck...if i glue it onto my guitar and put bolts on it, surely its just a glued in neck now like an epiphone standard?

[crafty]

Well, yeah, I guess you could say it's definitely glued-in, but it's not necessarily what's considered a glue-in neck. These type of necks typically have some kind of mortise and tenon routed into the neck and body that give the joint its actual holding power and strength. The glue doesn't really do anything except hold the neck in place. Simply gluing your bolt-on neck to the body and putting the bolts isn't really making it a glue-in joint in the traditional sense. The holding power and strength is still dependant on the bolts, so it would still be considered a bolt-on joint.

[AlGeeEater]

You could do it but i dont think it would give the same effect like better sustain or better tone.

[randombaz]

i really dont understand why there would be more sustain in a proper glued in neck. vibrations running up the neck would be similar whether its glued in or bolted on....you must b talking about very, very slight modifications in sustain surely when comparing a lp100 to a standard?

[asm]

well, the joint is completely different. and when your talking about joining the two main pieces of the guitar, it does produce different results.

heres a glue in mortise/tenon joint:

and heres a bolt on joint:

you can see it doesnt have that tight fitting joint like the glue in one.

[randombaz]

ok cheers

[AlGeeEater]

well, the joint is completely different. and when your talking about joining the two main pieces of the guitar, it does produce different results.

Hes talking about gluieng in his bolt and then screwing in the screws