Truss Rod Options

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Here are some pictures of our various truss rod options:

Standard Vintage Style 1 Piece Construction Single Acting Truss Rod with Skunk Stripe and "Teardrop" Plug and Standard Nut Slot.

Cross section cutaway side view of a single acting truss rod in a maple neck.

As you can see above, the rod is in a concave channel that exerts pressure on the neck as it is tightened at the heel causing the neck to bow backwards away from the strings and lowering string action and height.

Vintage 2 pc Construction Rosewood/Maple Neck with Single Acting Truss Rod.

Standard Double Acting Truss Rod - Head or Heel Adjustment.

2 Piece Construction with Fingerboard.

Our new design below offers the best of both worlds. By locating the adjustment access hole in the plug in the headstock, we offer you the ability to maintain a traditional vintage look while also having the convenience of being able to adjust the truss rod without taking the neck off the guitar.

Big Head CBS with 1pc Construction with Vintage Bullet Truss Rod

and Bullet Truss on a 2 Piece Rosewood Maple Neck.

Standard 1 Piece Vintage Construction Neck with Floyd Rose Locking Nut Shelf

Floyd Rose Locking Nut Shelf with Neck-thru Mounting Holes Drilled

Also, in keeping with our tradition of offering detailed and exclusive options for our customers, we are proud to present our vintage thin skunk stripes. These are patterned after the original vintage .20" walnut skunk stripes from the old days. These classic versions of the thinner skunk stripe do not really serve any mechanical function but have really pleased our vintage enthusiast crowd with their accuracy and streamlined good looks. The difference is obvious as shown in the picture below.

Shown on the left is the standard 1/4" skunk stripe and on the right is the vintage thin stripe which measures .20".

This option is available at no extra cost on any of our Tele or Strat necks with single acting truss rods. This option is listed at the bottom portion of both order pages.