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    straight truss rod without a sleeve - confused about it's way of operation

    Thanks a lot for all your detailed replies, it was very helpful to understand how these work.
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    straight truss rod without a sleeve - confused about it's way of operation

    Thanks a lot Jeff, your explanation was immensely helpful to understand the dynamics involved. Wouldn't a tight plastic sleeve that keeps both rods together as they bend ultimately descrease the forces acting the upwards on the fingerboard, when inside the neck? I was playing with one rod with...
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    straight truss rod without a sleeve - confused about it's way of operation

    Thanks for the thorough answer Rudy! "The channel that contains the rod is often capped, with the rod bearing against the cap and not the actual fretboard. In practice the relatively slight amount of force exerted on the actual board is a tiny fraction of what it would take to cause the board...
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    straight truss rod without a sleeve - confused about it's way of operation

    Hi, Can anyone help me to understand how these type of dual/single truss straight channel works, when the beams aren't joined together as opposed to the others within some sleeve? My confusion is that, as one tightens to decrease the upbow caused by string tension, the lower beam seems to work...