New Guild F512 and neck profile question

Taylor Martin Guild

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I want to play a new F512 myself.
The new neck, with the single truss rod will be much easier on my hands.
I sold my JF30-12 because the neck was too large and uncomfortable for me.
I just didn't play it.
 

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I went in to try one out and could not leave without taking it home. To me the neck is much more comfortable than my 70's F212. The F512 pretty much plays itself, which is good for my lack of skills type playing. And yes they do only have 1 truss rod. I see no problems with that over the 2 they had in the past.
 

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I used to own a F512 and really regret selling it. I also have a Taylor W65 and I must admit the Taylor was a little easier on the hands. So I am encourage to hear that the F512 now has a neck that is also easy to play.

I keep my Taylor tuned to concert pitch and I plan on using the F512 tuned down a whole step.
 

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My understanding is that there's a single, adjustable truss rod and two fixed graphite rods. Presumably the latter will prevent any kind of lateral bending or twisting, which was one of the advantages of having two, separately adjustable truss rods. The single rod can still compensate for fore and aft distortions. I don't know but I'd suspect that the graphite rods are constructed so that their combined thickness across the fingerboard is greater than their depth from fingerboard to back of neck (as would be the case if they each had a square cross section). This would give them more flex fore and aft (thus allowing the truss rod to work) and less flex side-to-side (thus giving that lateral stability). Ultimately, only time will tell, but this seems like a pretty good strategy on its face. I'd love to take one for a spin.
 
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