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Every custom-made instrument will, by its nature, differ from
all others. Some of this will be by virtue of the fact that all
of these instruments are hand-made and therefore, no two will
ever be the same. Most of the differences however, are due to
the different specifications made by the potential owners. Each
instrument rolling off a production line is the same as the one
before it. Sure, you can choose colours or limited hardware options,
but there is nothing personal about it.
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of standard guitar or bass models and ask you to choose one to which
you may make limited specification changes. Instead we will show
you some of the styles of guitar and bass that can be made and will
detail some of the specifications of each (especially where these
specs differ from instruments that can be bought 'off the shelf').
We hope that this will give you some idea of what is possible in
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What follows, therefore, is not a list of models, but a demonstration
of the different construction methods that can be used on your
guitar. These can generally be categorised as 'bolt-on neck' style,
'set-neck' style and 'through-body neck' style.
Any style can be used for most guitars and basses. Some styles
are more suited to certain roles than others however. A quick
look in the Design Considerations page
will give you some ideas. In the meantime, check out the possibilities...
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Bolt-on
Neck
Neck is screwed to guitar body often secured with a metal neck
plate.
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Set-Neck
Neck is glued permanently into guitar body (also known as 'glue-in'
neck.
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Through-Body
Neck
The neck continues all the way through the guitar body. The body
'wings' are then glued to the neck.
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Bass
Any style of neck construction can be used as appropriate. A bolt-on
neck is pictured.
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