oscardelgato Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I recently purchased an Sg-400 thru E-bay, and it comes with a set neck. What is the difference between a set neck and a bolt on neck? Is there anything else I should know about them? Also is the the "set neck" a better guitar or does this mean I screwed up? I would appreciate anyone`s help regarding this matter. ( I am buying this guitar for my grandson, his birthday is in May. I am also going to buy a case for it.) I just want to know if I am going to have problems with it, I want to be able to take care of them now! I have not received the guitar yet but I figured why not ask the the forum what to look out for, etc. Thanks everyone, for any help. Peace. I own a few epiphone`s too. 2005 Cherry Red Dot, 2006 Ebony Dot, 2008 Orange Sunburst Les Paul 100 & a 2007 Dean EVO-XM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReneBoedker Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 A set neck is normally considered to be better than a bolt neck, as a set neck is glued to the body. This should make it resonate better than a bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 No you did great! Set neck is much better quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewddawg1 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 No you did great! Set neck is much better quality! +1 and welcome to the forum Rewd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfalkens Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 No you did great! Set neck is much better quality! Dont tell the guys at Fender that... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Dont tell the guys at Fender that... :( Heh. That was my first thought. That and the fact that they have all but eliminated the neck tenon, I dont see how they could resonate all that much more that a high quality bolt-on. But that is for another thread... Anyway, yes, the set-neck SG's are much higher quality all around than their bolt-on counterparts. Better pickups, better tuners, better wood. And the set-neck models will resonate and sustain better than the bolt on 310s, mainly because the 310s are just cheaper and inferior all around...many being made of laminate. However, the G-400s are longer and heavier with thinnner neck that have habit of breaking if they fall over or are mistreated in that area. For the life of me, I dont know why they dont just add a volute. It would eliminate that problem. But yeah, you did good. Just be careful with that headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 But yeah' date=' you did good. Just be careful with that headstock.[/quote'] Ditto that !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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