Re: bending necks, or, want to feel my muscle, ladies?

[Kevin Miller <km15@cornell.edu>]

>> Frisell's Klein has a solid rosewood neck, not the Steinberger
composite. It
>> is possible to bend the neck, but I certainly would hesitate to do that 
>to
>> mine!

   On the PBS Sessions show, Frisell was bending the neck. It was subtle-he
certainly wasn't pulling a Belew, but you could see what he was doing to
get that warpy sound. 


>
>I strongly advise that you avoid doing that with a PRS bolt-on.  I had
>mine about two months before a tore the neck out of its joint, reducing
>me to tears practically (having just spent a fortune

   Good Lord! Thanks for the warning, as I'm quite fond of my CE.

>the guitar and shaking their heads.  Finally, one of the guys in the
>shop took pity on me and called PRS.
>
>They made me a new guitar about twice as nice as the one I had before
>fairly quickly.

    Really? Hmmm... :)

     Kevin