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Set neck: Neck joint connects with body using a (usually) dovetail joint,
"permanently" glued into place.
Advantage: Many players feel the neck and guitar are more "one", improves sustain.
Disadvantage: If neck work or replacement is required - very expensive proposition.
Bolt-on: Neck sits in a simpler "pocket" in the body, and it bolted to the body at that point.
Advantage: Working on, or replacing entire neck much easier and less expensive. Angle of neck can be adjusted. Invented (he said) by Leo strictly as a practical mass-manufacturing aid, and to allow for salvaging a good body connected to a flawed neck "so you don't have to junk the whole damn thing" (L.F.)
Disadvantage: Less sustain is claimed by some. Less-than-perfect fit, which is common on inexpensive instruments, can cause lots of problems.
Most, not all, acoustics use set necks.
Most, not all, electrics use bolt-on necks.
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