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Spoke wheel Truss rod

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:55 pm
by Fernando Esteves
Hello!
Once I asked Warmoth about a neck with scarf joint and their side adjusting TR. The answer was that they thought that the pressure point on the scarf while adjusting was not a good idea and they wouldn't do.

Recently, the spoke wheel thing became a hype and I saw them in some scarf joint guitars... Today I went to investigate it: Some are laminated necks without scarf, but some guitars have scarf joint and the spoke wheel at the bottom of the neck. (you can see it at Jackson Guitars)

I was wondering: what is your opinion on it? Always thought about doing a bottom adjustment guitar, but what Warmoth said made me cautions about it
Cheers

Re: Spoke wheel Truss rod

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:14 pm
by Barry Daniels
I can't see why it wouldn't work on a scarf jointed neck. Warmoth was using that as an excuse.

I like spoke wheels because they adjust easily, as well as the obvious advantage of not requiring the neck to be removed from the body.

Re: Spoke wheel Truss rod

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:08 am
by Fernando Esteves
Barry Daniels wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:14 pm I can't see why it wouldn't work on a scarf jointed neck. Warmoth was using that as an excuse.

I like spoke wheels because they adjust easily, as well as the obvious advantage of not requiring the neck to be removed from the body.
From what I understand, their fear was to the scarf joint start to separate due to pressure of the end point of truss rod

Re: Spoke wheel Truss rod

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:28 am
by Barry Daniels
I don't think that is a legitimate concern. I've never had a scarf joint affected by a truss rod.

Re: Spoke wheel Truss rod

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:55 am
by Frank Dryer III
Is it technicly possible?

Re: Spoke wheel Truss rod

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 6:42 am
by Fernando Esteves
Frank Dryer III wrote: Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:55 am Is it technicly possible?
Yes, Jackson does