I wonder if fender ever thought of making a one whole piece guitar and not bolt on?

I have a Fender Showmaster which is shaped like a strat, but has a set neck.

There have been a few set neck Tele's as well.

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-Classic 50's Strat.
-Std. Telecaster.
-Mike Dirnt P-bass.
-Custody of SE Strat.
-Peavey Predator/Dean Evo/Epiphone DR150/Gibson Slide (much older than me).

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One piece???
Wouldnt the sides of the body atleast need to be glued on?

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No no and no

what do you mean side of the body, by the neck?

That was my initial thought, but I gave him the benefit if the doubut. That'd be a messy construction process.

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-Classic 50's Strat.
-Std. Telecaster.
-Mike Dirnt P-bass.
-Custody of SE Strat.
-Peavey Predator/Dean Evo/Epiphone DR150/Gibson Slide (much older than me).

Rellik Productions Inc.

im not quite sure i think so, I might have to check it out then I'll get back to you on this one.

Yea but a set neck is glued in.

Has anyone made a one piece guitar? it would be a risky undertaking, as one mistake anywhere would require you to start over on the building process. Very wasteful. And where is the benefit? luthiers like multiplepieces and bolt-on necks because they are easier to work on and build

A luthier once said that they made a multiple piece body, several prices were glued together to see if a one piece two peice three piece ect. would have effects on the tone. They found no difference. I was surprized as I thought the extra amount of glue would have some affect, I mean what are the tonal properties of glue anyway?

Then again, he also said there was not a tonal difference in bolt-on necks vs set necks, but I think there is

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Guitars:
1. mid 70's Ventura MIJ Gibson l6-s clone (Pre-lawsuit) in Black with Rosewood FB and EMG 81 BR/ 85 Neck
2. ESP KH2 Neck Thru
3. 2008 Am Std Strat in 3 tone sunburst

It would wreck the sound of the guitar.. Why would they go through the trouble to do that when the best they could hope for is some kind of bastardized Les Paul/PRS rip off?

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Wreck the sound? The best they could hope for is to charge a huge premium and large profits from the hype. There would be some that would buy into it. With modern CNC machines, this is probably easier to do than ever. However, there would be a huge wood selection process because the tree would have to be big enough to carve a whole guitar from....then the timber waste would be huge. Talk about some serious backlash from the hardcore left winged tree huggers.

A neck through is essentially a one piece guitar, the sides glue on, but the pickups, bridge, tuning keys and nut mount to the same piece wood as the neck and fingerboard. Well, i guess that you could say yea but they glued on the fingerboard which makes it less like a true one piece, but we are splitting hairs here.

My 1995 ESP KH2 NTB has a huge round tone, but where is that coming from? i would like to compare it to a bolt-on version and see if there is a difference. Since most NTB guitars use maple necks for some reason, its is said they take o the tonal properties of the maple, which is defined as bright sounding, but I don't consider my ESP it bright sounding. is that because some of the highs are being rolled off by the Floyd? There is just too many factors to nail something down.

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Guitars:
1. mid 70's Ventura MIJ Gibson l6-s clone (Pre-lawsuit) in Black with Rosewood FB and EMG 81 BR/ 85 Neck
2. ESP KH2 Neck Thru
3. 2008 Am Std Strat in 3 tone sunburst

I thought trees produce the most oxygen during growth not so much after fully grown. To produce a guitar of one piece it would be a massive tree, most likely fully grown right?

I didn't mean to say that it would sound terrible for a guitar.. Just for a Strat.

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Custom Shop '59 Strat with John Cruz Master Design Pickups
Vibro King
Fulltone Clyde>Deja-Vibe>TS-808>TS-9>Boss Tuner

[img][img]http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp271/paulgb/DSC00385.jpg[/img] Fender Showmaster Elite ,one piece mahogany with honeyburst quilted maple top and ebony frettboard hand wound seymour's[/img]

Is the neck glued in or is it really one piece from headstock to strap button?