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Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer
.... 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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Come on over to the dark side, Bruce. It's hard to go back.
I was going to make a joke about the paradox of a high tech adjustable neck on guitars built on a plantilla but of course you're correct. Different versions have been around for a long time. But there are still a lot of traditionalists who seem to pooh pooh them. I have to believe that "non-traditional" perception is why some of the big factories haven't converted to them. It would be a time saver on the assembly line plus a huge savings on warrantee neck resets. Not to mention the convenience for the player as mentioned in the first post.