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Originally Posted by HarryQ
I'm a repairman, and sometimes I buy well built guitars by unknown builders needing work. One in particular was a cedar and rosewood SJ-style with just beautiful and meticulous workmanship. The neck was bowed, and the truss rod did nothing. I removed the fingerboard and found that the single action Gibson-style rod was installed with absolutely no curve, and could not possibly work. I installed a dual action rod, and it turned out to be a fine guitar. How someone can make such a fine instrument without learning how a truss rod works is a real mystery to me!
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I just saw this and am concerned about my first build - Does the truss rod not go into a straight channel between the neck and the fingerboard? What's supposed to be curved?