Chris, my thinking then is that changing to light gauge strings and the subsequent rattling you describe is a relief issue, not a neck angle issue. Of course it can be addressed by raising the saddle, as it were, and many people do this, but the reason for the problem is not directly addressed this way. That said, I find the mechanical neck angle adjustment mechanism interesting to say the least. I have seen such on mid-nineteenth century instruments and also on Ken Parker's latest archtops. It makes a lot of sense and appeals to the tinkerer in me.
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