Re: Are truss rods always necessary?
there are mandolins with truss rods and there are mandolins with adjustible truss rods. Are you just talking about the latter? The three mandolins that I play all the time do not have adjustible truss rods. I'll bet you there's something to provide bending resistance though. I know that Dave Cohen has something running down the neck (carbon fiber?). Not sure about my 1920 A3 or my 1984 Flatiron 1N, but they play great!
Of the mandolins that I've owned with adjustible truss rods, I've never adjusted any of them. I have tweeked the neck on my guitars though. . .
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