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I have the opportunity to buy a pretty good plywood jazz box at a reasonable price. The issue for me is that there's a volute, and I'm not sure whether that'll bother me or not. I'd like to know your experience with one, good bad or otherwise. Thanks!
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03-17-2019 06:44 PM
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They don't bother me at all zero.
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I had a GB10 that had a volute. It was fine, never noticed it. But then, I'm neck-agnostic. Really opens up the guitar horizons
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Originally Posted by D.G.
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Not caring too much about the neck carve, radius, width, scale, etc.
I do have preferences, but I don't make my purchasing decisions based on the neck, as long as it's in good shape -- i.e. no lumps, bumps, buzzing, dead spots, fret-sprout, etc.
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I actually like them more than not. The majority of my guitars do not have them, but we get along just fine regardless.
I acknowledge a psychological thing I have with with the volute where I associate it with a quality, or upscaled feature.
The one on my Martin is carved like a diamond, and it’s just a nice, beautiful, comfortable thing.
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Originally Posted by buduranus2
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Love them.
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They have no impact on playing at all, IMO. They are negatively associated with Norlin-era Gibsons, but lots of fine guitars have them. It should have no bearing on anything.
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I wish all my guitars had high quality Martin style volutes.
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No impact on my playing. I like the extra piece of mind I get by believing I'm less likely to break the neck.
If that isn't true, please don't respond.
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Is this what you guys are talking about?
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I never really thought of myself as being tied to my Italian heritage very strongly, but the first thing I thought of that was, “I could hang fresh linguine on that thing while using it as a cheese board, and use the center design for pizzelles.” Ha.
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Volutes are on many more stringed instruments than gits worth substantially more than what we play and own. The day that Gibson caved in to user / buyer design committees and 86'd the volute I think it was a bad day for players.
Volutes are such a stupid thing to object to, every time I hear of a head break, I think... "what if"...
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I like them if they are done correctly. By that I mean aesthetically pleasing as well
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Originally Posted by mr quick
Originally Posted by Mark M.
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I have a Norlin-era Gibson, a fine guitar with an aesthetically pleasing volute.
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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Originally Posted by GNAPPI
I fixed MANY broken headstocks on Les Pauls with volutes after they did a face plant forward off a stand.
So, whole it can certainly help some, it is not fool-proof.
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I have some guitars on stands now, so I checked the back of the headstocks by feel to see if I could tell which ones have volutes. Turns out my 1974 Les Paul Custom has one. I have had it for 32 years, should I have known this and avoided it? What is the risk? Will it hurt me?
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I prefer guitars without volutes ( I think they are ugly, including the Martin volute). I also do not like 1 9/16 nuts or 7.5 radiuses. YMMV
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Any guitarist who dislikes volutes should never take up the violin.
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So scary without the one.
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A plus IMO.
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Not all volutes are created equal
Enharmonics
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