I've heard about these but never seen one or heard one played?
Anybody know the story on these?
Anybody know the story on these?
Recall they did actually have a precedent for that in the Westerly GX seriesIt seems like they had a graphite neck block and a full blown bolt on neck or something along those lines.
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Recall they did actually have a precedent for that in the Westerly GX series
Yes, completely agree. The contemporary series bolt-on neck block was completely bespoke to that series and was never to be seen again.Well this a stretch!
Yes while the GX Series did have a bolt-on neck, it was bolted on to essentially a solid bodied guitar as the GX is one piece of wood hollowed out to be "acoustic" The Contemporary were bolted to a truly hollow, (sides, front and back) superstructure!
There's a reason for that, too. My luthier called it "the stupidest design I've ever seen". I know there are good ones out there, and I played a CO-1 of Jay Pilzer's at the Arlington Guitar show. I thought about making him an offer, but then I remembered this.Yes, completely agree. The contemporary series bolt-on neck block was completely bespoke to that series and was never to be seen again.
The end of a short-lived era.and was never to be seen again.
Sadly, yes. Besides the neck block design, the Contemporary series had some very nice touches. Oh well. It wasn't the Contemporary series that brought about Tacoma's demise.The end of a short-lived era.
The one my luthier was working on on not a MIRC'd example, and had a bad neck set from the factory. My guy is usually very reserved with his opinions, but he sure wasn't about the design of the neck block system!Was it really the neck block design or rather the use of under-cured necks that were the route of the Contemporary series issues? Clearly there are good ones, even MIRCs, out there like mine without issue.
The original thread alerting us to the problem was "Trainwreck Neck" by member Scratch. His was a CV, the larger F40-based body size.Was it really the neck block design or rather the use of under-cured necks that were the route of the Contemporary series issues? Clearly there are good ones, even MIRCs, out there like mine without issue.