Laminate Constriction

[Greg Lorisco]

Originally Posted by Maurice Hason

Can you explain please how a NT allows lower action?
I didn't know this has anything to do with action but I may be wrong...

IMO, the action can be functionally lower on a NT because it is one piece of wood the length of the string (full length laminate) instead of two pieces bolted together in the middle. A bolted joint is never as stable (immovable) as no joint at all. So if the strings stopped on a bolt-on at the end of the fretboard there would be no difference. But because the stings continue much beyond that it’s not the same.

Others may not agree with this, but this has been my experience with the bolt-on and NT basses I have owned.