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Originally Posted by slodave
Actually, it does matter. If the joints are not good, tone suffers. Not just a music going though. Same holds true for furniture making. Not that tone is an issue there, but things happen as the joints swell and contract mainly glue cracking and joints failing. Glue cracking in a musical instrument is not a good thing either.
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If you dry your wood properly and use proper construction, that isn't a problem. The pics I showed are all $4K+ basses made by some of the best builders in the biz. They can use single piece bodies (and do on request), but they can build a better and more consistent instrument with a two-piece body. Thousand and thousands of instruments have been made with multi-piece bodies including most of the vintage Fenders that have been beat on for 50+ years.