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Thanks for the clarification, Steve!
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I don't about the neck by the actual numbers. I can tell you that I am very comfortable with my Rainsing N2 neck and am comfortable on Taylor 1 3/4" necks as well. Very happy with the Rainsong.
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I, too, go by feel. I spent decades playing an ES-335. For acoustic guitars, the Taylor neck (especially the T5; yeah, I know - it's not an acoustic) feels very similar. I love my RainSong Shorty, but the N2 neck is definitely thicker. Not enough that it is uncomfortable, but you feel the difference... especially after playing all evening.
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Sorry overkill, you obviously have seen lots of guitars, do you know of any other acoustic builder that uses a modified U. I have asked the question before and no one has ever come up with one. It seems to be more common with narrow neck electrics, like Fender. John Bolin who designed it with a Rainsong builds electrics.
http://bolinguitars.com/gallery/ I went to the Rainsong website and now all descriptions of neck profiles have been removed. N2 is it now.
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[Personal opinion alert: I shake my head at the need for a truss rod in these guitars. The necks are so stiff that I'm not sure if a truss rod can really move the neck relief very much. I never see the neck on my WS-1000 move perceptibly working through five different tunings (mostly lower, some higher than standard) or even when using medium gauge strings. And truss rod adjustments is not how you set up the action anyway. Stepping down from soapbox now]. |
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I doubt that Rainsong believed they were necessary either, just bowing to market pressure. Can't afford to lose sales over the question, even if it is a non-issue in real terms.
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I have a Blackbird Classical CF guitar. The neck is certainly rounded to me but then I usually play a small classical guitar with a super flat neck. (someone referred to it as "flat enough to land a plane on") It's taken me a bit to get used to the rounded feel -- like my Taylor with steel strings and a smaller nut.
I have noticed 2 things about the CF, one is the smoothness when sliding up and down the frets. Wow! the other is the clear sound I'm getting, very much like the Blackbird tenor ukulele. It is slippery and I need to use the NeckUp when it's on my lap. This probably won't mean much to you younger folks but... The other night a friend was playing my guitar and he plays from memory but is a bit hard of hearing. He was playing Ripple and singing and all of a sudden he lost his place. Seems with the sound hole and the hollow neck he was listening to the sounds he was hearing and forgot where he was in the song. He's a wonderful player and singer and others at the Jam just thought he was just adding an instrumental. |
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The Cargo is 19mm (3/4") thick at the nut and stays at 19mm down to the body. It's got more of a "modern flat oval" shape vs. the Emerald which has a more C shape neck (a bit more rounded back). The Emerald x20 neck is 21mm at the nut and tapers to about 23mm at the 10th fret, then widens as the heel comes in. I believe the x7 will have the same neck ratio. Actually... I just asked Alistair Hay to build be a custom x20-OS with a slimmer neck (not narrower, just not as deep). I LOVE the x20 even as they come and I can't wait to get my custom. From a sound standpoint...I am blown away by the great sound my Cargo has! Incredibly good tone all around and amazing depth in the lower registers, especially for the size. |
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According to the tech that adjusted my Rainsong, the neck needed a tweak of the truss rod to get it where I wanted it. There was no more saddle left to remove. My feeling is, once you set it, you're not likely to see movement, but I absolutely believe it needs to be there for the fine-tuning. YMMV, which is cool, but this is from personal experience.
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I actually agree with mikealpine on this one. I get that there are some cool CF guitars out there that do not have truss rods. However, since I was primarily an electric player for many years, I like having as low of action as possible. Saddle adjustments are great but having a truss is even better. Those who have wooden acoustics know how cool it is to have truss rods when the seasons change- it seems that the all guitars need just a little tweak to get that just right feeling.
Having said that, I think that there is a stigma that guitars without truss rods are a liability more than an asset. Unfortunately what is true about the absolute necessity of truss rods in wooden instruments is wicking into the carbon fiber arena. I believe that they simply are not needed in carbon fiber varieties and only appeal to those who want that extra adjustability should they need it- or maybe for fears that guitars without trusses won't have as great a chance of resale. The only way to have a trussless carbon fiber that is tailor made to any given player is to have them custom made from the get go, but once that neck is set- it is set! |