Sure they are. But hell with your vast knowledge of wood the mahogany body will look like particle board to you.

If you're talking about their LP, a real guitar perhaps, but a neck thru, no... Therefore, the construction method is very different!
So much for your luthier knowledge BTW!

Jackson RR1 made of 9 pieces, the wood is very light, neck combined from two parts, this method applies to cheap guitars.. The body is made of 7 pieces. In front and rear maple veneer is applied to mask the joints. In conclusion, is this a $2900 guitar?

http://www.jacksonguitars.com/products/ ... 2803060827

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I want a Randy Rhoads, and you can afford to cut one up... T.T

A real guitar Explorer 84...

That part where the neck is glued to the headstock is not low-quality at all. It's called a scarf joint. A scarf joint is used to connect the headstock to the neck in some guitars. Gibson necks, however, are cut from a single piece of wood. There is no scarf joint where the headstock meets the neck in a Gibson. This is one of the reasons you hear about headstock/neck breakage so often in LPs and other Gibbys. Necks cut from a single piece have "short grain" in the headstock, which translates into an intrinsically weak neck.

One of the ways around this problem is to cut a scarf joint from the same board, reverse the piece, and glue it on. The cut is made at the headstock angle, whatever it is. This gives you "long grain" in both the neck and the head stock. With a good cut and a solid glue joint these scarf joint necks are considerably stronger than the 1 piece neck construction.
http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr28 ... fJoint.jpg

Also, the way the neck and center of the body are made from one piece of maple is better for sustain. Your '84 explorer has a glued on neck, which has less sustain and is usually cheaper.

Let me be clear:
I am not dissing your guitar in any way. '84 Explorer is one of the sexiest guitars I've ever seen

Congratulations on ruining a great guitar!

what a nimrod

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