deytookerjaabs
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Yeah Bursts sound so shitty with the worst glue ever used. We should rip those necks out slather some titebond in the neck joint and while we're at it, and slide a straw on the trussrod.
It's part of 'burst fantasy/reality camp and nothing more in my opinion. A Les Paul has so much body/heel contact that you could get away with elmer's glue I imagine but, regardless, eras with factory liquid hide glue is the only stuff I've ever seen joints come apart where the culprit is the glue failing.
Here's what classical instrument builders think of it: https://maestronet.com/forum/index....hts-on-using-old-brown-glue-liquid-hide-glue/
Read popular woodworking magazines to see the results too, no one uses the stuff anymore for good reason and it's kind of sad to see it reappear for the sake of "historical correctness". Comparing it to titebond is like comparing rubber cement to epoxy. A good PVA glue is just objectively & scientifically better, now you could make an argument for hot hide glue but quite frankly there should be zero reason to ever do a neck reset on a well built Lester style guitar. HHT is what the high end replica guys usually use though. It is funny that the guys at heritage who build the guitars, many per day, for decades then play them don't know more about woodworking than 'burst analysts. Yes, enjoy your superior 'burst tone...because the secret is liquid hide glue! And while you're at it, I've got an elixir which will cure the measles!
Adding a 3rd body/sidewall seem to a neck heel would only logically make it stronger AND transfer more vibration if that was ever an issue (which it isn't). A tiny lip left over from a hacked route does not make a neck joint magical, more 'burst analyst fantasy stuff. Unfortunately, pressure from guys who read this stuff got to Kalamazoo and they begrudgingly added a "historical" lip, pointless but oh well.
I love the old guitars, but the fact they were played by some epic dudes not mean they transcend reality. We all have our preferences but NO ONE, and I mean NOBODY hears liquid animal glue or tenon lips.