85 - Neck through vs bolt on . . . which is SUPERIOR?

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Bolt-on? Neck-through? All bass guitars are essentially the same, right? Wrong! Many bass players say that bass guitars with bolt-on necks have a punchier attack than neck-through designs. In today’s episode, we’re going to highlight the pros and cons, so that you can decide which you prefer – or maybe you should have one of each! In this Episode you're going to learn: Why do most people start out with a bolt-on bass?Why neck-through basses are more expensive.The neck join that was popu...

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to another episode of the Scott and Ian show on the SBL podcast.
0:06.3	How you doing?
0:07.6	How you feeling?
0:09.2	You ready to talk about some gear?
0:11.8	Hey, if you clicked on this episode, get ready for a deep dive because Scott and I get nerdy about neck construction?
0:21.9	How the neck is joined to the body of your base matters big time.
0:28.8	And you might think, oh, is it just a sustained thing?
0:32.0	Ah, is it just a feel thing?
0:34.1	Oh, is it just like an aesthetic thing?
0:37.0	Is it a tone thing? Is it a stability thing? Oh, is it just like an aesthetic thing? Is it a tone thing? Is it a stability thing?
0:41.8	Yes. It's all of those things. And it is fascinating because I've got all those bases.
0:50.2	I have examples of all those bases. I bust them out. I play them for you.
0:54.6	I plug them in.
0:55.8	Scott wonders, huh?
0:57.9	Are we hearing what we're actually thinking we're hearing?
1:00.6	I mean, is all this just BS?
1:03.4	Or is there some truth to this?
1:04.9	Does this stuff hold water?
1:06.3	You're about to find out.
1:07.8	You are about to find out.
1:09.7	Here, let me just tell you what's going on at SBL this week.
1:14.2	We've got a mentor session coming up Tuesday, May 9th with Ari and Cap called a cool trick to learn
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