There are some Martin people who will swear that they can hear a dramatic difference between dovetail (old school, and the method used on all high-end Martins) and the newer mortise-and-tenon neck attachments. I've also heard the difference in "punch" between Martin and Taylor attributed to the Taylor bolt-on neck.
This sounds dubious to me, and I've never talked to a luthier who believed it.
- mike
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Mike Ball
Playing a resonator guitar is kind of like putting strings on a chrome-plated garbage can, then hitting it with a baseball bat - only it usually doesn't sound as good as that.
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