If the Visa is only used for cash back reasons, I think you’re still all good buddy!
Scarf joints are used so you don’t need a full width maple block. There’s a lot of waste if the neck angle is cut with the neck.
That’s what I understood. That’s why when Paul pulls out a Mahogany or Rosewood neck blank it’s a big hunk of wood. It would be possible to get two necks from those blanks if they were scarfed. I was surprised that Maple would be the first wood they decide to do this on a Core model. We have plenty of Maple in the US. Maybe nice straight grain quarter sawn Maple is getting harder and expensive to source. Or heck, who knows what sort of ESG BS pressures companies are having to deal with these days. Oh well, I’ve witnessed properly glued wood perform stronger than the wood itself.
I have four Teles, and this looks tempting. Hopefully the NF53 pickups are brighter than regular NF pickups and have at least 2+ leads for phase and series connections. All my Teles have 4P5T 5 way switches....
Just looked at the comparison video on the PRS site, and the NF53 sounds really nice. Clarity and balance are pretty good for a lot of styles....
Ibanez style scarf joints are functionally superior to it being cut from a single block as is the use of three or more laminates for the neck as a whole. The tonal consequences are minimal IMO and it is the way to go, same as adding graphite reinforcement rods under the fingerboard. If however you are going for a true vintage fender tone I would say that a one piece construction with a vintage single rod is probably the only way to achieve that authentically but this would also require vintage size frets.
Which one are you going to acquire?
It got delayed to tomorrow but it did ship today. But ill open it up and let you guys know whats going on inside. Im very curious how the "hi end rolloff push/pull" is actually happening. But since it has a 5 way with coil split options on the pickups, id bet its a 4 or 5 conductor lead for the MF NF. I wouldnt be surprised if the DDNF are 3 conductor , i doubt it though.
@Andy Eagle Does this also explain why some people insist a repaired headstock sounds better? In your experience, is there something to that, based on a stronger joint? Looking at your images, I wonder if a scarf joint Les Paul might sound better for non-obvious reasons.
They're different enought to warrant getting both....
I wouldn't be shocked if @GLiDE BPM ended up going that route.
All breaks and repairs are different so it's impossible to generalise.
