is a heavy neck better for sound? i heard a heavy stiff neck creates more sustain. where a light one is more punchy with quick attaks like a flemeco style .
the theory is that this results in more volume and sustain.
gore/gilet talk about this in their books and from memory the sentence goes like this"never had problems with heavy necks but have had problems with light ones". Why is sustain and volume relationship opposed ie more volume less sustain? just asking.
Regards
Chris
gore/gilet talk about this in their books and from memeory the sentencegoes like this"never had problems withheavy necks but have had problems with light ones". Why is sustain and volume relationship opposed ie more volume less sustain? just asking.
regards chris
... If there is some energy damping component in one system, you will get less overall sound energy out of the system, regardless of whether it is as volume or sustain.
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The connection of the neck to the box is relatively small in area and would be a poor transmitter of energy.
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I don't mean to start a squabble here or a sustained (ha!) discussion, but just would like to point out a persistent fallacy: Volume and sustain are mutually exclusive acoustic events. In other words you can't have both. It is just physics as any acoustic engineer will tell you. Higher sustain means lower volume and higher volume means lower sustain. Guitar makers continue to market this fallacy though: "Our guitars deliver high sustain and high volume!". That is actually physically impossible. Think about it.
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