bolero said:
hmm, I looked & didn't see anything in the FAQ's about this....
OK, I meant it comes up regularly in the forum, not the FAQs on the main site.
but I did just do a thread search & found some info:
http://www.tokaiforum.com/search.php?search_id=1572445862&start=25
The link doesn't work, it should contain a thread or post id. A good search term probably is "tenon".
thx for the *new* info though, there wasn't much definitive in those posts
I've never seen a photo of a new LS320 or LS120 with the "deep joint" neck, only several with the usual medium neck tenon. By the way, I think this word does not only mean the tongue underneath the neck pickup cavity, but the whole piece of neck wood under the fretboard which is roughly carved in a slight V-shape to fit into the body.
Here are some pictures that show a short vs. a long tenon, made and published by Gibson, as far as I know, to illustrate the difference of a Historic Reissue with long tenon vs. a normal Les Paul Standard:
Here's the LPF thread where I found them:
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98748
By the way, I'd like to know what that light colored piece of wood between the fretboard and the truss rod is in the Standard picture, looks like a slice of maple to me... Or is this the usual method for filling the truss rod cutout? :-?
Answering my own question: obviously yes, because in the upper picture the Historic shows a square light colored piece of wood at the end, too. So the saw just didn't cut these guitars in two exactly equal pieces.