Originally Posted by
Bill Baldridge
I bought a used Gibson fern that had a loose truss rod. After putting some tension on the rod I got a noticeable increase in volume. My theory was that with little tension on the rod, the neck was flexing too much during playing and thus absorbing a lot of the energy that would otherwise have gone to the top plate.
I wait to be corrected, and thank those who know what they are doing for educating me.
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