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A "bolt on" bass has a neck/fret-board that bolts on to the top of the body. A "neck-through" bass has a neck that runs through the entire body of the bass, with the two sides of the body glued on to this neck-through wood. A neck-through bass is supposed to have better sustain, since you're not losing any vibration to the "join" where a bolt-on is connected to another piece of wood. It's also easier to play the notes closer to the body of the bass with a neck-through, because there is no increase in thickness in the fretboard due to the bolted connection of a "bolt-on". A neck-through design also has much more strength, so it is capable of being used for a double-octave bass with a longer fretboard.
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Imagine if you will 2 planks of wood, one plank is made up of one piece of wood (neck-through), the other plank is made up of 2 planks that are bolted together (bolt-on). http://www.play-bass.com
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Sustain. A bolt on neck is removable, replacable, servicable. Although I have never needed to remove a neck for any reason. Unless you have a guitar worth more than $1,000.00 dollars, the neck is the most expensive part of the guitar. In other words, if the neck needs major work, you might be better off buying a new guitar. Even more so as the guitars value is below $500.00 dollars. Now back to the "whole" guitar issue. A neck-through guitar will have a better sound or "tone" by virtue of a more solid piece of lumber with wich to suspend the strings. Think of it this way, take two popsicle stick, staple them together and attatch a rubber band from one end to the other. Now pull the band away form the stick. The "joint" is going to be the weakest link and will eventually fail. Now do the same with a single stick. This is a crude but accurate anolouge to the two types of builing a guitar. It will not make a difference if the woods used for each part of the guitar are not the same species. The glues used today are very strong. With these glues, the joint is stronger than the parts. Hope this helps.
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