Epoxy Set Necks

 I was simply going by the Godin factory tour video showing how they add the extra wedge section to the end on the neck before the board is glued on . Then they show wood glue finger board to top then the gray epoxy in the router neck pocket then the two bolts are snugged up. Without the bolts sure maybe the neck stays yet that pocket is glued to the top and end block. Without the support of the heel bolts though the end block into the heel threaded inserts.  all the force is the routed slot in the block glued under the top and a rather small glue area butted to the end block. all the stress is on the top and a butt joint to the end block. The heel bolts as the heel is now part of the neck and the bolts secure the heel to the end block which take most of the load off the top . You need both , it's not like a solid body bolt on neck , there you have a solid body which is much stronger than an acoustic top and a small glue area of that routed top block where it is glued to the face of the end block . I would not risk removing the bolts. I bet if one removed those 2 bolts the heel would pull away from the body and the top over the cross brace from the force of string pull would either put a raised finger board end or that plus the cross brace forced down taking the top with it. .  The end block on all acoustics is secured to the top the back and the sides . without the bolts it's just to top and the top of the end block which is not a large area. That block with the slot is at best  1" thick and at best 3" wide. I feel Godin miss spoke in that video. The extra wedge in the neck end is fine as is the neck pocket in the top block that fits the added neck section that fits the pocket . Just glue the board to the top wood glue on the bottom of the pocket not epoxy and the two bolts always there and then it could be removed and would be strong .

The very idea of an epoxied on neck is just plain stupid. Sure the vast majority of solid body electric guitars either have a glued in neck which if needed can be removed and the neck through design can't. Yet they don't need neck resets and have all sorts of adjustments for action/intonation. Fender made everything removable. As far as acoustics Taylor is the Fender in the acoustic world.

Acoustic and solid body guitar bolt on necks are very different. Godin's change to the set epoxied neck is very similar to an electric guitar. The neck is set in a solid block of wood vs. more or less floating on the top on a regular acoustic. If you remove the bolts on a new Seagull the heel of the neck will be slightly loose, but the neck itself can't flex much because it continues into the body, not stopping at the body with only the fretboard attaching it to the top.

Why couldn't they set the neck in the large neck block and NOT glue it in?? It still gets plenty of support??  I can't find the picture on Seagull's page anymore, so here it is.

Good point.  To add to that, if the neck is precisely fit, and there's a bolt in there anyways to ensure it's held tight, why not just use hide glue instead of epoxy?  It's the use of epoxy that I don't get.  I'm not against gluing stuff.  lol.

Why make it a virtually disposable guitar when hide glue would make it a more easily fixable guitar?

Who knows.  LOL.