Author Topic: Anyone heard of these things before? (Read 264 times)

jazzyvee · « **on:** December 10, 2015, 12:48:06 PM »

http://www.get-a-backbone.com/default_v3.aspx

Great bit of kit or snake oil?

edwin · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2015, 11:50:10 PM »

Looks like a cool thing to me. I suspect there's something worth exploring there.

bigredbass · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2015, 09:22:45 AM »

So . . . . it's a bolt-on neck-thru !

Joey

gtrguy · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2015, 11:44:00 AM »

Odd, my understanding is that when an object resonates at the same frequency as a vibrating string, that it will absorb the strings energy and kill the sustain.

peoplechipper · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2015, 12:35:06 AM »

Basically what they're doing is a way to increase the neck/body contact area; especially with the strat model it's nowhere near a neck through contact...I remember reading about a guitarist(I wish I could remember who but I think he was a 2nd gen blues guy)who used to take his strat's neck off and put glue in the pocket and bolt it back in; made the thing rock solid and boosted the tone he claimed...I suspect that the glue thing will work as well or better than the Backbone; funny, I had forgotten all about that 'till now; maybe I should try that on my Tele...Tony.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2015, 11:51:21 AM »

Dear Guitarists;
Give us money for the new great thing that will fix all your problems.
Rinse & repeat.....

Tony: Albert Collins. I once stood 3 feet from him while he played; don't know if it was the glue or not, but day-um it sure sounded good!!!

Peter

gtrguy · « **Reply #6 on:** December 17, 2015, 11:57:33 AM »

I have an 86 Squire Strat (MIJ) and it is a hard tail with the strings through the body like a Tele. It does seem to sustain more than the normal whammy bar.

terryc · « **Reply #7 on:** December 17, 2015, 12:03:41 PM »

Use a sustain pedal, I doubt any vintage owners would put one on their guitars.

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2015, 11:03:26 AM »

I take the neck off of all my bolt-on instruments and inspect the neck pocket.

If there is any stray glue, rubbing compound, paint or any other foreign material in there (or on the neck), I sand it off to ensure a solid wood-to-wood contact point. Then I put the neck back on, tightening the mounting screws as tight as possible without stripping the threads.

IMO, solid wood-to-wood contact is critical for improved tone and sustain for instruments with bolt-on necks and this is an easy way to accomplish that.