As part of my 2022 new standard features are full titanium 2 way adjustable truss rods:
These fully adjustable truss rods have several advantages over more standard rods. First off titanium is lighter weight without giving up dependability or adjustability.
Here is a comparison between these and a popular standard 2 way truss rod:
The standard rod comes in at 3.65ozs.
The titanium truss rod is 2.05ozs.
The difference is 1.6ozs. making the standard truss rod 78% heavier.
To add a little perspective, when I switch a guitar neck from Honduran Mahogany to Indian Rosewood it adds an average of 2ozs.
Another advantage of this truss rod is it sits in a shallower pocket:
This makes for a stronger neck that is less prone toward twisting.
Now there is nothing really wrong with the popular standard type truss rod, I have used them for many years. With that said, in this year's offerings I am aiming to just do better than the popular standard. I took a hard look at my hardware and have simply found I can do better.
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