Bruce- phenomenal information... THANK YOU!!! If you have any pics of your installations or are willing to take some in the future, I’d greatly appreciate it.
I was planning on trying (later this year) titanium rods from stewmac (already have them, but don’t seem very stiff) along with a...
Thank you (all) very much for all the responses and information - I’m thoroughly convinced (... and truly wasn’t trying to be a flat-earther).
Very nice neck pic!
Thank you all for the responses!
1. Why not CF? Titanium in 1/4x 1/2x 24 won’t flex at all and I assume that the same non flexing CF rod would have to be bigger. All I’d have to do is route a flat channel 1/4 in deep and 1/2 wide. Wood does bend ....but not with this bar in it.
2. the whole...
I know I’m a decade+ late to this discussion but I keep wondering the same thing. I have two steinberger sand both have fantastic necks and low action (graphite doesn’t care about moisture) or tuning.
So, if I build a bass with wood and reinforced with a titanium bar and then get the frets...
Anybody have a USA made, black, neck-thru, Mockingbird bass they’re willing to part with? (ElMonte/class axe 1980s)
Anybody who knows somebody who has a black Mock?
Thanks,
Greg