ok, so attempting to tame my ignorance here, does a 3 piece neck imply laminations? Or just they actual construction in terms of separate block for the heel, separate block for the headstock and separate block for the main part of the neck? If it is the latter, then i know what that is like since that is how i built mine, but if it isn't, then... well what would be the point of laminating the same types of wood if you are not looking for a visual effect like "maple/ebony/purpleheart/ebony/maple"?
AFAIK Laminated necks are more stable, wood is a natural thing and so it always has imperfections which you cant see. Also with temperature changes wood expands and shrinks, when you laminate a neck you kind of control that dynamic.
There are many more reasons, but maybe Wez can tell you more about that.
Only downside is that most guitarists dont think it looks purdy, it was often done with the lower grade guitars which were made from 2nd choise tonewood(good tone, but bad grain or whatever).
The neck from my guitar is a 3-piece laminate, like i said before, i really amazed how exact the middle piece of the laminate was cut on the yearrings, very nice to see that.
