Tone mystery solved

[Dave W]

Tone is in the neck plate! Who knew?

[Pilgrim]

[Ken]

Let's start a rumor that with one of these plates you can make a bolt-on Epiphone Thunderbird IV sound just like a '60s Thunderbird.

[gearHed289]

I only use American made neck plates. 

[Basvarken]

Yeah complete nonsense.

To my surprise Paul Nowinski has repeatedly come to the defense of this Japanse manufacturer.
He is very adamant in his beliefs on this matter...

[Ken]

Paul KNOWinski?

[Basvarken]

 

[uwe]

Vorsprung durch Technik:

I quench mine fresh from the furnace in basins of
my own urine filled in moonlit nights only. It's worth
all the containment involved.

[Dave W]

Surprising that Nowinski would believe this. Oh well, some people believed the claim that Badass bridges were made of special tone-transfer metal.

[ilan]

Years ago I bought a used 1983 Tele. It's so perfect that I refuse to change anything about it except for strings. I have kept the ugly black Straplok buttons. I've kept the small white sticker on the neck plate with the shop's inventory number. It's illegible now but I'm never peeling it off. My point is you can't improve perfection, so I don't. Maybe the tone is in the little sticker on the neck plate, maybe it's in the black straploks, who knows. I'm not risking it.

One day we'll find out that CBS fenders sounded inferior to pre-CBS because of the black plastic neck plate pad.

[uwe]

"I'm not risking it."

 

Ilan the Wise, Grand Wizard of Paranormal Acoustics!

[doombass]

Furthermore they have finally found a solution to your problematic endpin felt washers: https://global.fcgrtokyo.com/elements,parts.leather-endpin-cusion.html

"This end pin cushion uses 2 mm thick cowhide which is superior in shock absorption to felt.
You can alleviate the impact when dropping a guitars or basses, and can reduce the looseness of the end pin.

It is a reliable end pin cushion which prevents important instruments from trouble.

?Product specifications and appearance may change without notice."

[uwe]

[ilan]

Furthermore they have finally found a solution to your problematic endpin felt washers: https://global.fcgrtokyo.com/elements,parts.leather-endpin-cusion.html

"This end pin cushion uses 2 mm thick cowhide which is superior in shock absorption to felt.
You can alleviate the impact when dropping a guitars or basses, and can reduce the looseness of the end pin.

It is a reliable end pin cushion which prevents important instruments from trouble.

?Product specifications and appearance may change without notice."

Well one day my son took my '77 Jazz bass and the gig bag's shoulder strap snapped off, sending the bass down to the sidewalk. The rear strap button sank about 2mm into the body. A good cushion could have prevented it.

But I refuse to use those felt rings under the strap buttons because I feel they muffle the tone.