What Do Others Guitar Builders Do?
Other basses with the convention type truss rod type system in their necks are compromised no matter what they do. A truss rod inherently exhibits force upon the neck to counter the string pressure. A conventional truss rod type bass neck is inherently problematic, especially on less expensive type of basses. Climate, temperature changes, strings changes, all influence the neck and how it plays. Every now and then you might find a rare gem that has better tone, this is especially true with the smaller builders who pay special attention to their instruments. In an attempt to keep the neck straight and counter the string tension, often manufactures try to counter this with graphite stiffeners, thick necks, multi-laminations and other various methods of stiffening the neck. As a result they loose a great deal of tone. Many methods are used to recapture this lost tone such as with better pickups, high quality tone woods, bridge systems, etc. Ultimately this is lost tone that can never be r
