Originally posted by the fool
what do you mean? does that mean that if the neck bows there's nothing I can do to fix it?

Right. A truss rod is a metal rod that runs through your fretboard. It compensates string tension, by pulling the neck the opposite way. This is so that the string tension doesn't bow the neck over time. Even if there is a truss rod, if the neck gets warped, I don't think there is much you can do about it.

[Edited by Pantallica1 on 01-15-2004 at 12:40 AM]