Mark Simon Guitars - Photo Galleries/Music Man Strat/31

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Clamping fixture that I use to back bow the neck with the repaired truss rod and new walnut filler strip inserted. The neck will remain in this device until the glue sets. Because this particular neck has a severe forward bow, it is physically coaxed into a position where the truss rod will not be overly stressed to pull the warp out and snap again. After the filler strip was trimmed, the neck came out perfectly straight without any tension on the truss rod.

31_0032.jpg - Clamping fixture that I use to back bow the neck with the repaired truss rod and new walnut filler strip inserted. The neck will remain in this device until the glue sets. Because this particular neck has a severe forward bow, it is physically coaxed into a position where the truss rod will not be overly stressed to pull the warp out and snap again. After the filler strip was trimmed, the neck came out perfectly straight without any tension on the truss rod.