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Old June 15th, 2007, 07:32 PM   #19 (permalink)
David Barnett
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Originally Posted by Bill Hullett View Post
The story goes as I've heard it that......Sales force in the feild in Fenders infancy gripped to Leo that the guitar was being thought of in a "less than serious" light because it lacked two components....1. a hardwood body 2. a truss rod in the neck....Viola' here comes the Broadcaster.....57 years later we can freely talk about the attritubes of both pine bodies and a trussrodless neck....both of which are killer IMHO but when Fender was barely more than a garage operation I bet they felt a strong need to cater to the music stores opinions....
What are the killer attributes of a trussrodless neck?



And when did Fender make a viola? :)
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