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* velcro-fly * said:
Funny how LSL still seems to fly under the radar, what freaking fantastic guitars....I had a black paisley Tele named Gertrude or something that was killer...in the end I couldn’t do the paisley or the name, but damn that was a killer guitar. I would own another LSL in a heartbeat. Lets see a shot of yours!

In the end I love em both, but struggle with some of the prices of the bolt on’s.....I think the other consideration is scale length.....you don’t often see Fender scale NT / Les Paul style guitars, more likely to see short scale bolt ons, and there is a difference. Same as a humbucker in a Strat, that is an undeniable sound. I prefer my Tele over a Strat, but will take humbuckered Strat over its single coil version all day long, and will take my short scale wrap tail P90 loaded Hamer Special over all of those haha....lots of variables.
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Very under the radar. They have some excellent necks. I bought this on a whim and loved it enough to order a Tele style build from them (still waiting on that one) and I liked their customization process. This one is called Cozumel. The neck joint is similar to a Suhr Modern.

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I am very intrigued by the Taylor bolt on neck and I think it is the best in the industry
 
itsgoodnow said:
Very under the radar. They have some excellent necks. I bought this on a whim and loved it enough to order a Tele style build from them (still waiting on that one) and I liked their customization process. This one is called Cozumel. The neck joint is similar to a Suhr Modern.

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Man, there is an LSL XT3 on Reverb that is just torturing me. I put it on watch as an act of pure masochism.
 
Bardagh said:
Man, there is an LSL XT3 on Reverb that is just torturing me. I put it on watch as an act of pure masochism.
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It's funny how even after like 60-70 years a strat style guitar is still something that a lot people seem to bond with. Goes to show that how timeless and fucking genius that design truly is.

Ergonomic, killer tone and easily customizable to a desired spec.
 
* velcro-fly * said:
Funny how LSL still seems to fly under the radar, what freaking fantastic guitars....I had a black paisley Tele named Gertrude or something that was killer...in the end I couldn’t do the paisley or the name, but damn that was a killer guitar. I would own another LSL in a heartbeat. Lets see a shot of yours!

In the end I love em both, but struggle with some of the prices of the bolt on’s.....I think the other consideration is scale length.....you don’t often see Fender scale NT / Les Paul style guitars, more likely to see short scale bolt ons, and there is a difference. Same as a humbucker in a Strat, that is an undeniable sound. I prefer my Tele over a Strat, but will take humbuckered Strat over its single coil version all day long, and will take my short scale wrap tail P90 loaded Hamer Special over all of those haha....lots of variables.
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Look what's at my local GC, Gertrude?:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/L...lectric-Guitar-117284571.gc?rNtt=lsl&index=18
 
Neck-thrus sound dead, muffled, distant. Kill off too much high end and lows sound very muffled. Yes... they sustain more... if you like more sustained dull dead sounds. Pickup swap will only change this fact to some small degree. Been there, down that several times. Sold all my NTs.

Bolt-ons sound more alive and have much more detail to the tone.
 
Wizard of Ozz said:
Neck-thrus sound dead, muffled, distant. Kill off too much high end and lows sound very muffled. Yes... they sustain more... if you like more sustained dull dead sounds. Pickup swap will only change this fact to some small degree. Been there, down that several times. Sold all my NTs.

Bolt-ons sound more alive and have much more detail to the tone.
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This and i find Bolt-ons sounding more alive than set-necks also!
 
As has been said and I can confirm, my 88' 89' and early 90s custom shop nt soloists just scream and I always attributed it to the nt design,but dang,my tom anderson drop top and angel are bolt on and they have rediculous harmonics and sustain and are just over the top due to Tom's so tight a neck tolerance and bolt on technology. I like both bolt on and NT..maybe bolt on for coil splitting and twang and NT for shred but really,anything is good if the guitar is built right
 
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Kyrpajyra said:
This and i find Bolt-ons sounding more alive than set-necks also!
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Totally depends on the guitar and pickups used.

I recently did what's hopefully the last pickup swap in my Burny Les Paul Custom (Randy Rhoads).
Set neck, but with a SD Custom/59 Hybrid bridge and SD Pearly Gates Neck; both coil-splittable. That guitar has a thick maple top and kerrang, harmonics oozing out the proverbial wazoo.

Don't find my ESP Horizon NT all that dead, muffled sounding either. (SH-14 Custom 5 bridge, Screamin' Demon neck). Nor my Kramer SM-1.
But, I have a whole slew of great sounding bolt-ons as well.

I too, as a kid, was told that neck-thrus are the shiznit. They sure look nice, have good upper-fret access, but as it stands, I only have 2 neck thru guitars and 1 neck-thru bass. It's not really that big of a selling point to me anymore. Tone, playability, looks, versatility. In that order.
 
I only have 2 bolt ons left I believe. Dkm2 and another older Dinky. Rarely played then these days (going to bring the Dkm2 in for some TLC. I never really noticed a tremendous difference plugged in with some gain between the 2 types.
My LP, rest of my Jacksons (including a USA) and all my PRS are set or NT.
 
I prefer a neck through if given the choice , I love neck through Explorers in particular but a bolt on won't cause me to not buy a guitar.
 
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