Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
When it comes to stability, two or more piece necks are better as they are generally stiffer. I also believe that a stiffer neck is not only brighter but loses less vibration on it's way to the body.
All my guitars (and they're all acoustics) have one piece necks. So that's a Morgan, a Larrivee and a Smoothtalker. Morgan and Larrivee advertise that they use one piece necks. In the case of those two it is ABSOLUTELY one piece. There is not even a scarf joint in the headstock (the Smoothtalker has such a joint).
These are pretty stable guitars (the Smoothtalker a little less so - but it's a bolt on neck and it's much better since Andy McGibbon gave the nut some attention).
However I'm not entirely convinced that the one-piece neck is superior. I have read from time to time that Lowdens have fantastically stable necks, and they use either 3 or 5 piece necks.
Here's a three piece Lowden neck
Fylde are also reputed to have very stable necks, and here's an example
What you're describing sounds like a low action coupled with a slender one-piece neck (Corts generally are 19 mm at the 1st fret) and the need for seasonal truss rod adjustments. One of the main reasons I think every player should know how to adjust their own truss (beg yer pardon madam) - otherwise if you want to have a low action you're going to be taking it in for a tweak every single time the weather changes.
Absolutely. With the proviso that people like me who have less of an idea what they are doing should do it in baby steps, should not force the rod if it feels tight and should give up and take it to a tech if they've gone more than about 3/4 of a turn in total and the problem is not resolved (or is worse).
