Set-through neck

Set-through neck (or Set-thru neck) is a method of joining the <a href="/facts/Guitar_neck/tNth3GVf">neck</a> and the body of <a href="/facts/Guitar/QIJdTYa6">guitar</a> (or similar stringed instrument), effectively combining <a href="/facts/Bolt-on_neck/UkkW3KBW">bolt-on</a>, <a href="/facts/Set-in_neck/UTkAIQ6s">set-in</a> and <a href="/facts/Neck-through/BuxpKtPy">neck-through</a> methods. It involves:

<ul><li>A pocket in the instrument's body for insertion of neck, as in bolt-on method. However, the pocket is much deeper than usual one.</li>
<li>Long neck plank, comparable to the <a href="/facts/Scale_(string_instruments)/1H87RRGS">scale length</a>, as in the neck-through method.</li>
<li>Glueing (setting) the long neck inside the deep pocket, as in the set-neck method.</li></ul>
The result is usually told to have combined advantages of all these methods, mostly eliminating their disadvantages. Luthiers frequently cite:

<ul><li>improved tone and sustain (due to deep insertion and body made of single piece of wood, not laminated as in neck-through),</li>
<li>brighter tone (due to set joint)</li>
<li>comfortable access to top frets (due to lack of hard heel and bolt plate),</li>
<li>better wood stability.</li></ul>
The main disadvantage is relatively complex construction that leads to higher manufacturing and servicing costs. Another cited disadvantage is the inability or relative complexity of adding a <a href="/facts/Floyd_Rose/EAVIjGSK">double-locking tremolo</a> to the guitar, as the routing for cavities would interfere with deeply set neck.

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Set-through neck