double truss rods are actually a lot easier to use. they only need a straight channel unlike the traditional single curved rod. some people argue there are tonal benefits to the single rod but i dont think most people would hear it
i am wondering what they use for the fretboard, i have just put a birdseye maple fretboard on a strat neck that is very much like ebony thanks to the process of acrylization (i.e being set in an acrylic polymer that pentrates all the way through and gets cured very hard).. but there are quite a few completely man made materials you can use as fretboards and many come in solid black
Thanks for the info Wez, I was genuinely interested to hear 'input' from a proper luthier . :)
The process of acrylization certainly seems to fit in with the tactile fingerboard feel that folk seem to report on the Gear Page / Harmony Central. I also wondered whether they were mixing hardwood powders with a synthetic compound, like we shave pencil lead into the super glue if 'back - filling ' a graphite nut.
The double trussrod allegedly helping to get that desirable ultra flat neck / super low action at
both ends of the fretboard - ( especially usefull when using 13-56 or 14 - 56 gauge strings in standard tuning ) .
In any case, it's nice to see an established 'classic' name re- appear in the market place, and still
seem be innovating / trying to give a good value product at the much lower costs of Chinese / Korean manufacture.
