What matters is coupling stiffness, surface contact, and clamping force. A masterfully built bolt-on will outperform a sloppy set-neck every day of the week. A tight neck-through will behave nearly identically to a tight set-neck. The joint type is a manufacturing decision, not an acoustic one.

When I set out making electric guitars, I was not planning on launching a new boutique electric guitar brand. The journey progressed very quickly from hobby to custom builds, to a boutique brand with several models. An early decision was helped by Lollar Pickups. With the Monolith pickup in hand, I could start prototyping everything around it.

One of the easiest decisions we had to make is how we were going to get our wiring and controls produced - partner with Obsidian Wire as our OEM.