Neck-through or neck-thru (or in full form neck through body)'s a method of electric guitar or bass guitar construction that involves extending the piece (or pieces, in a laminate construction) of wood used for the neck through the entire length of the body, essentially making it the core of the body. The strings, fretboard, pickups and bridge are all mounted on this piece. So-called "ears" or "wings" (for example side parts of the body) are glued or laminated to the central "stick". The "wings"… (
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