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With the neck-on-top cbg, if the bridge is sitting on a solid piece of timber (the neck), won't this render the instrument accoustically dead? I thought the bridge had to be touching the face of the instrument (soundboard) to transfer the vibration from the strings to something thin enough to act like a speaker cone. Then again what I thought doesn't hold much weight, as I've yet to even hear a neck-on-top cbg, let alone make one myself (or make anything for that matter lol).
it IS true. there is a small amount of volume dampening that occurs with a neck-on-box build, when played acoustically.
however, it plays great and sounds good, because there are fewer fudge factors involved. and amped, it sounds great. it's just a stick with the bridge and nut, and with a nice hard stick for the neck you'll get LOTS of sustain.
if there's any doubts, one could check my videos, where i play acoustic at home and my performance videos where i plug in to the PA for sound.
if have built a neck-through and i hated it. i gave it away. it had a louder volume, but the tone and pitch strayed a little while ringing out, and it had a hard time staying in tune. i put lots of extra work in to an instrument that wasn't playable. for me, that equals a complete waste of time.
i could have built two or three "crow" standard stick-on-boxes in the amount of time it took me to build and attempt to iron out that neck-through.
i fully understand that everyone specializes in different build types, but i've worked very hard to arrive at a build method that meets all of my needs efficiently, and works the best for playing live.
as a builder and a performer,i've achieved my goals, and i'm sticking with "the crow" method.
one final note - for those of us who perform on a regular basis, a properly built neck-on-box build is VERY durable!!!! i've beaten the hell out of mine, and it keeps playing night after night!!
have fun guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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