Re: Truss Rod Profile
Good Morning All. Let me try to elaborate on the knowledge I have gathered here with a questions added. The Genius in Ted’s design is moving the neck/fingerboard in a way that actually strengthens the composite neck/headstock structure of wood and steel. Like Adrian’s example in bow building the breaking forces have been relocated. What gives me pause is the channel cut in the back of the neck filled with an Ebony or dark colored wood strip. There can’t be much distance between this deco strip and a deeply set truss rod. Does this strip add or reduce the stiffness of the neck wood as a lamination or is it purely ornamental?
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