Thank you for the video. A person on Etsy was trying to sell a heavier stainless neck plate stating the sustain would be better. It sounded counterintuitive to me. The extra weight is certainly not worth it.
@@haskitt The abillity to lead vibration seem to be in line with the ability to lead heat or electricity. So, pure gold, silver, brass would probably be the best. So, for example a brass sheet in 2 mm or 4 mm would have different mass. For example, my german ABR bridge in bell brass gave another sound than Gibsons zinc alloy (zamac). More sustain, however, the brass is also heavier.
Would have been interesting compared to the Fender original plate and Greer amp Supermass Neck Plate which is made of cold pressed steel and your aluminum plate.
Wudtone makes the best plate on paper. Chunky stainless steel and extra long and wide screws that allow you to tighten the screws more without stripping the neck. Which according to them allows you to compress the body and neck together better allowing for more energy transfer.
I have a rubber/plastic base underneath the neck plate so that the paint does not scratch...probably...i'm thinking that might affect sustain negatively. Right?
I did essentially say that… if there were a significant enough difference, the slight human inconsistencies shouldn’t matter much. What a robot wouldn’t be able to do is feel a difference in the instrument’s resonance. as a player, there was no discernible difference in tone, resonance or sustain.
Thank you for the video. A person on Etsy was trying to sell a heavier stainless neck plate stating the sustain would be better. It sounded counterintuitive to me. The extra weight is certainly not worth it.
If you look at the waveforms or whatever they're called and the levels the top one last longer every time.
Aluminium leads vibration better, to do a weight comparison the same material in different thickness should be used.
Interesting… Can you explain further what you mean on both of your points?
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The abillity to lead vibration seem to be in line with the ability to lead heat or electricity.
So, pure gold, silver, brass would probably be the best.
So, for example a brass sheet in 2 mm or 4 mm would have different mass.
For example, my german ABR bridge in bell brass gave another sound than Gibsons zinc alloy (zamac). More sustain, however, the brass is also heavier.
Would have been interesting compared to the Fender original plate and Greer amp Supermass Neck Plate which is made of cold pressed steel and your aluminum plate.
Good idea… I want to look into this further. I’ll check out the Greer.
@@haskitt I switched to that plate on mine and thought it became a clear audible difference with longer sustain. But what if I just imagine 😁
Wudtone makes the best plate on paper. Chunky stainless steel and extra long and wide screws that allow you to tighten the screws more without stripping the neck. Which according to them allows you to compress the body and neck together better allowing for more energy transfer.
Did you use two different guitars, or did you use the same guitar with two different neck plates?
same guitar with 2 different plates
hey man this is a great video thank you
thans kenny, cheers!
I have a rubber/plastic base underneath the neck plate so that the paint does not scratch...probably...i'm thinking that might affect sustain negatively. Right?
Honestly I really doubt it. I think putting different shim materials in between the Neck and body could more easily affect sustain.
@@haskitt i just did it...and the neck vibrates more now. :D very happy
There is no way a neck plate weighs two pounds…
Scale says 2.2 oz!
thanks for doing this; saved me the time of doing it my damnself
Tbh, unless you did these tests with a robot, the playing isnt a controlled variable.
I did essentially say that… if there were a significant enough difference, the slight human inconsistencies shouldn’t matter much. What a robot wouldn’t be able to do is feel a difference in the instrument’s resonance. as a player, there was no discernible difference in tone, resonance or sustain.