I beg you, Hörnisse and I need to have something that makes us stand out!
Perhaps in the realm of voodoo acoustics where there are things such as "uneven evening electricity" that needs to be "cleansed" before you feed it in your hi-end contraptions. My ears don't hear a difference between two- or three-ply necks (if the same type of wood is used) on one hand and a one piece neck on the other. Nor do I hear a multi-ply neck with a scarfed headstock (also a feature of later Grabber necks so they could get the angle right) sound any worse than a one piece neck with integrated headstock.
I guess there is an argument that a multi-ply neck isn't as potentially warp-prone as a one piece neck, but I have seen warped multi-ply necks and unwarped one piece necks. The number of warped one piece necks to warped multi-ply necks is probably higher though from what I have
personally witnessed, but - Is Dave around?
- I claim no scientific relevance whatsoever for my strictly anecdotal evidence.
The very early Grabbers sound airier and more responsive than the bassier and more compressed- and focused-sounding later models, but I always attributed that to the alder bodies the early ones employed (as opposed to the heavy maple bodies of the later ones).
