'Pulling out the neck' is a small, nuanced change, but one that makes sense. Likewise, the set neck Studios did not neck-dive, but were stable and heavy with their thick body (the neck-thru TBird is in contrast to his unjustified image - due to his size - as a heavy bass not heavy at all). That was always one of the good things about the Studio (soundwise it was a Victory/TBird hybrid). Which reminds me: The TBird Studios had better upper fretboard access, doodling in A between the 17th and 19th fret was no issue, with a real TBird you can't sensibly do that beyond G (15th and 17th fret).
Very helpful Lowend and Ilan, I see it now.
